Transmission and distribution losses in the OECD in 2024 — 5.72%. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 3.68 pp.
1960–2024 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: OECD
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.72 | −0.08 pp |
| 2023 | 5.8 | +0.49 pp |
| 2022 | 5.31 | −0.49 pp |
| 2021 | 5.8 | +0.39 pp |
| 2020 | 5.41 | −0.34 pp |
| 2019 | 5.75 | +0.29 pp |
| 2018 | 5.46 | −0.2 pp |
| 2017 | 5.66 | −0.1 pp |
| 2016 | 5.75 | −0.22 pp |
| 2015 | 5.98 | +0.03 pp |
| 2014 | 5.95 | −0.09 pp |
| 2013 | 6.04 | −0.1 pp |
| 2012 | 6.14 | +0.09 pp |
| 2011 | 6.05 | −0.05 pp |
| 2010 | 6.1 | −0.17 pp |
| 2009 | 6.28 | +0.25 pp |
| 2008 | 6.02 | −0.16 pp |
| 2007 | 6.18 | −0.04 pp |
| 2006 | 6.22 | −0.09 pp |
| 2005 | 6.31 | −0.36 pp |
| 2004 | 6.67 | +0.41 pp |
| 2003 | 6.27 | −0.32 pp |
| 2002 | 6.59 | +0.6 pp |
| 2001 | 5.99 | −0.54 pp |
| 2000 | 6.53 | +0.17 pp |
| 1999 | 6.36 | −0.2 pp |
| 1998 | 6.56 | +0.17 pp |
| 1997 | 6.39 | −0.56 pp |
| 1996 | 6.95 | −0.01 pp |
| 1995 | 6.96 | +0.1 pp |
| 1994 | 6.86 | −0.16 pp |
| 1993 | 7.02 | +0.32 pp |
| 1992 | 6.69 | +0.03 pp |
| 1991 | 6.66 | −0.98 pp |
| 1990 | 7.65 | −0.4 pp |
| 1989 | 8.05 | +2.01 pp |
| 1988 | 6.04 | −0.13 pp |
| 1987 | 6.16 | −0.51 pp |
| 1986 | 6.67 | −0.38 pp |
| 1985 | 7.05 | +0.21 pp |
| 1984 | 6.84 | −0.74 pp |
| 1983 | 7.59 | +0.16 pp |
| 1982 | 7.43 | +0.33 pp |
| 1981 | 7.11 | −0.68 pp |
| 1980 | 7.78 | +0.12 pp |
| 1979 | 7.66 | −0.19 pp |
| 1978 | 7.85 | +0.08 pp |
| 1977 | 7.76 | −0.27 pp |
| 1976 | 8.03 | −0.01 pp |
| 1975 | 8.04 | +0.47 pp |
| 1974 | 7.57 | −0.29 pp |
| 1973 | 7.85 | −0.18 pp |
| 1972 | 8.03 | +0.11 pp |
| 1971 | 7.92 | −0.12 pp |
| 1970 | 8.04 | +0.07 pp |
| 1969 | 7.97 | −0.36 pp |
| 1968 | 8.34 | −0.1 pp |
| 1967 | 8.43 | −0.29 pp |
| 1966 | 8.73 | +0.05 pp |
| 1965 | 8.68 | +0.05 pp |
| 1964 | 8.63 | −0.12 pp |
| 1963 | 8.75 | −0.15 pp |
| 1962 | 8.9 | −0.27 pp |
| 1961 | 9.17 | −0.23 pp |
| 1960 | 9.4 | — |
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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