Transmission and distribution losses — all countries

Transmission and distribution losses — Philippines

Transmission and distribution losses in the Philippines in 2023 — 9.99%. Ranked 78 in the world out of 148. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 5.13 pp.

2023 9.99% +0.4 pp vs 2022
World rank 78of 148
Period maximum 17.09%1995
Period minimum 8.75%2017

Trend over time

1990–2023 · % of output

Transmission and distribution losses — Philippines, 1990–20237.51012.51517.51990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 15.12%1991: 12.38%1992: 15.74%1993: 15.94%1994: 15.54%1995: 17.09%1996: 16.69%1997: 15.17%1998: 14.06%1999: 13.89%2000: 14.01%2001: 12.12%2002: 12.32%2003: 12.86%2004: 12.92%2005: 12.05%2006: 12.12%2007: 12.76%2008: 12.63%2009: 12.18%2010: 11.51%2011: 11.1%2012: 11.46%2013: 10.28%2014: 9.65%2015: 9.08%2016: 9.13%2017: 8.75%2018: 9.03%2019: 9.42%2020: 9.57%2021: 9.39%2022: 9.59%2023: 9.99%
Change over the period: −5.13 pp Annual average: -0.16 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Philippines 9.99%
World 6.95%
South-Eastern Asia computed 6.79%
Transmission and distribution losses — Philippines, by year Philippines All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 9.99 +0.4 pp
2022 9.59 +0.2 pp
2021 9.39 −0.18 pp
2020 9.57 +0.15 pp
2019 9.42 +0.4 pp
2018 9.03 +0.27 pp
2017 8.75 −0.37 pp
2016 9.13 +0.05 pp
2015 9.08 −0.57 pp
2014 9.65 −0.64 pp
2013 10.28 −1.18 pp
2012 11.46 +0.36 pp
2011 11.1 −0.41 pp
2010 11.51 −0.66 pp
2009 12.18 −0.45 pp
2008 12.63 −0.14 pp
2007 12.76 +0.64 pp
2006 12.12 +0.07 pp
2005 12.05 −0.86 pp
2004 12.92 +0.05 pp
2003 12.86 +0.55 pp
2002 12.32 +0.19 pp
2001 12.12 −1.89 pp
2000 14.01 +0.12 pp
1999 13.89 −0.17 pp
1998 14.06 −1.11 pp
1997 15.17 −1.52 pp
1996 16.69 −0.4 pp
1995 17.09 +1.55 pp
1994 15.54 −0.4 pp
1993 15.94 +0.21 pp
1992 15.74 +3.35 pp
1991 12.38 −2.74 pp
1990 15.12

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.