Transmission and distribution losses in Saudi Arabia in 2023 — 9.07%. Ranked 65 in the world out of 148. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 3.31 pp.
1990–2023 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Saudi Arabia
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.07 | −0 pp |
| 2022 | 9.07 | +0 pp |
| 2021 | 9.07 | −0 pp |
| 2020 | 9.07 | +1.06 pp |
| 2019 | 8.01 | −0.5 pp |
| 2018 | 8.51 | −0.04 pp |
| 2017 | 8.55 | +1.45 pp |
| 2016 | 7.1 | +0.08 pp |
| 2015 | 7.02 | +0.74 pp |
| 2014 | 6.27 | −0.33 pp |
| 2013 | 6.6 | −1.61 pp |
| 2012 | 8.22 | −1.18 pp |
| 2011 | 9.4 | +0.49 pp |
| 2010 | 8.91 | +0.63 pp |
| 2009 | 8.28 | −0.4 pp |
| 2008 | 8.67 | +0.44 pp |
| 2007 | 8.23 | +0.63 pp |
| 2006 | 7.6 | −2.94 pp |
| 2005 | 10.55 | +2.46 pp |
| 2004 | 8.09 | +3.51 pp |
| 2003 | 4.58 | −2.36 pp |
| 2002 | 6.93 | +1.27 pp |
| 2001 | 5.67 | −1.57 pp |
| 2000 | 7.24 | +2.47 pp |
| 1999 | 4.76 | −0.8 pp |
| 1998 | 5.57 | −1.9 pp |
| 1997 | 7.46 | +0.97 pp |
| 1996 | 6.49 | +0.4 pp |
| 1995 | 6.09 | −0.15 pp |
| 1994 | 6.23 | −1.18 pp |
| 1993 | 7.42 | −0.12 pp |
| 1992 | 7.53 | +0.95 pp |
| 1991 | 6.59 | +0.83 pp |
| 1990 | 5.76 | — |
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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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