Transmission and distribution losses — all countries

Transmission and distribution losses — Paraguay

Transmission and distribution losses in Paraguay in 2023 — 11.88%. Ranked 95 in the world out of 148. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 11.58 pp.

2023 11.88% +0.11 pp vs 2022
World rank 95of 148
Period maximum 11.94%2021
Period minimum 0.04%1991

Trend over time

1990–2023 · % of output

Transmission and distribution losses — Paraguay, 1990–20230510151990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.31%1991: 0.04%1992: 0.16%1993: 1.51%1994: 1.5%1995: 1.58%1996: 0.17%1997: 2.32%1998: 2.73%1999: 2.82%2000: 2.67%2001: 3.21%2002: 3.24%2003: 3.64%2004: 4.24%2005: 4.63%2006: 4.91%2007: 5.13%2008: 5.25%2009: 5.7%2010: 6.23%2011: 5.96%2012: 6.38%2013: 5.58%2014: 6.15%2015: 6.44%2016: 5.99%2017: 6.7%2018: 6.79%2019: 9.04%2020: 9.12%2021: 11.94%2022: 11.77%2023: 11.88%
Change over the period: +11.58 pp Annual average: 0.35 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Paraguay

Paraguay 11.88%
World 6.95%
South America computed 14.96%
Transmission and distribution losses — Paraguay, by year Paraguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 11.88 +0.11 pp
2022 11.77 −0.16 pp
2021 11.94 +2.82 pp
2020 9.12 +0.08 pp
2019 9.04 +2.25 pp
2018 6.79 +0.09 pp
2017 6.7 +0.71 pp
2016 5.99 −0.45 pp
2015 6.44 +0.29 pp
2014 6.15 +0.57 pp
2013 5.58 −0.8 pp
2012 6.38 +0.43 pp
2011 5.96 −0.27 pp
2010 6.23 +0.53 pp
2009 5.7 +0.44 pp
2008 5.25 +0.13 pp
2007 5.13 +0.22 pp
2006 4.91 +0.28 pp
2005 4.63 +0.39 pp
2004 4.24 +0.6 pp
2003 3.64 +0.4 pp
2002 3.24 +0.03 pp
2001 3.21 +0.54 pp
2000 2.67 −0.15 pp
1999 2.82 +0.09 pp
1998 2.73 +0.41 pp
1997 2.32 +2.14 pp
1996 0.17 −1.4 pp
1995 1.58 +0.08 pp
1994 1.5 −0.01 pp
1993 1.51 +1.35 pp
1992 0.16 +0.12 pp
1991 0.04 −0.27 pp
1990 0.31

About the indicator

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.