Transmission and distribution losses in North Korea in 2023 — 15.54%. Ranked 111 in the world out of 148. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 6.19 pp.
1990–2023 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: North Korea
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 15.54 | +0.04 pp |
| 2022 | 15.49 | −0.06 pp |
| 2021 | 15.55 | −0.26 pp |
| 2020 | 15.8 | +0.01 pp |
| 2019 | 15.8 | +0.18 pp |
| 2018 | 15.62 | −0.18 pp |
| 2017 | 15.8 | −0 pp |
| 2016 | 15.8 | −0 pp |
| 2015 | 15.81 | −0 pp |
| 2014 | 15.81 | +0 pp |
| 2013 | 15.81 | +0 pp |
| 2012 | 15.8 | −0 pp |
| 2011 | 15.8 | −0 pp |
| 2010 | 15.81 | +0 pp |
| 2009 | 15.8 | −0 pp |
| 2008 | 15.81 | +0 pp |
| 2007 | 15.8 | +0 pp |
| 2006 | 15.8 | −0 pp |
| 2005 | 15.81 | −0 pp |
| 2004 | 15.81 | +0 pp |
| 2003 | 15.81 | −0 pp |
| 2002 | 15.81 | +0 pp |
| 2001 | 15.81 | +0 pp |
| 2000 | 15.8 | +0.47 pp |
| 1999 | 15.33 | −0.15 pp |
| 1998 | 15.48 | +0.77 pp |
| 1997 | 14.71 | +0.42 pp |
| 1996 | 14.29 | +0.4 pp |
| 1995 | 13.89 | +0.37 pp |
| 1994 | 13.52 | +0.36 pp |
| 1993 | 13.16 | +0 pp |
| 1992 | 13.16 | +3.81 pp |
| 1991 | 9.35 | −0 pp |
| 1990 | 9.35 | — |
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Electricity losses in transmission and distribution as a percent of output. The figure includes both physical losses in wires and transformers and so-called commercial losses — unmetered consumption, illegal connections, unpaid bills. Statistics cannot separate them, and that is exactly why the indicator serves as an indirect measure of the state of the network: physical losses in a sound grid rarely exceed eight percent, while values above twenty almost always mean problems with metering and bill collection.
Important: Technical and commercial losses together; the source does not allow them to be separated. Aggregates are weighted by generation in terawatt-hours and computed from 2000 onward.
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.
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