Transmission and distribution losses — all countries

Transmission and distribution losses — Republic of the Congo

Transmission and distribution losses in the Republic of the Congo in 2023 — 38.45%. Ranked 145 in the world out of 148. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 18.78 pp.

2023 38.45% −3.82 pp vs 2022
World rank 145of 148
Period maximum 86.75%2006
Period minimum 18.75%1991

Trend over time

1990–2023 · % of output

Transmission and distribution losses — Republic of the Congo, 1990–202302550751001990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 19.68%1991: 18.75%1992: 21.5%1993: 31.22%1994: 25.62%1995: 31.07%1996: 27.07%1997: 26.71%1998: 41.57%1999: 82.88%2000: 86.62%2001: 86.73%2006: 86.75%2008: 76.79%2009: 70.32%2010: 59.44%2011: 51.89%2012: 44.53%2013: 44.54%2014: 44.54%2015: 44.56%2016: 46.14%2017: 44.65%2018: 49.2%2019: 49.52%2020: 45.4%2021: 43.59%2022: 42.27%2023: 38.45%
Change over the period: +18.78 pp Annual average: 0.57 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo 38.45%
World 6.95%
Middle Africa computed 15.66%
Transmission and distribution losses — Republic of the Congo, by year Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 38.45 −3.82 pp
2022 42.27 −1.31 pp
2021 43.59 −1.82 pp
2020 45.4 −4.11 pp
2019 49.52 +0.32 pp
2018 49.2 +4.55 pp
2017 44.65 −1.49 pp
2016 46.14 +1.57 pp
2015 44.56 +0.03 pp
2014 44.54 −0.01 pp
2013 44.54 +0.01 pp
2012 44.53 −7.37 pp
2011 51.89 −7.54 pp
2010 59.44 −10.88 pp
2009 70.32 −6.47 pp
2008 76.79
2006 86.75
2001 86.73 +0.1 pp
2000 86.62 +3.74 pp
1999 82.88 +41.31 pp
1998 41.57 +14.86 pp
1997 26.71 −0.36 pp
1996 27.07 −4 pp
1995 31.07 +5.46 pp
1994 25.62 −5.6 pp
1993 31.22 +9.72 pp
1992 21.5 +2.75 pp
1991 18.75 −0.93 pp
1990 19.68

Middle Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.