Transmission and distribution losses in OPEC in 2023 — 15.05%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.33 pp.
2000–2023 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: OPEC
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 15.05 | +0.28 pp |
| 2022 | 14.77 | +0.35 pp |
| 2021 | 14.42 | −0.83 pp |
| 2020 | 15.25 | −0.12 pp |
| 2019 | 15.37 | +0.84 pp |
| 2018 | 14.53 | −0.51 pp |
| 2017 | 15.04 | −0.41 pp |
| 2016 | 15.45 | −1.57 pp |
| 2015 | 17.02 | +1.28 pp |
| 2014 | 15.73 | +0.06 pp |
| 2013 | 15.67 | −0.07 pp |
| 2012 | 15.74 | −0.49 pp |
| 2011 | 16.24 | +0.46 pp |
| 2010 | 15.78 | −0.83 pp |
| 2009 | 16.61 | −0.51 pp |
| 2008 | 17.12 | +0.95 pp |
| 2007 | 16.17 | +0.76 pp |
| 2006 | 15.41 | −0.65 pp |
| 2005 | 16.06 | +1.87 pp |
| 2004 | 14.19 | +1.41 pp |
| 2003 | 12.78 | −0.74 pp |
| 2002 | 13.52 | +0.13 pp |
| 2001 | 13.39 | −0.33 pp |
| 2000 | 13.72 | — |
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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