Transmission and distribution losses — all countries

Transmission and distribution losses — Serbia

Transmission and distribution losses in Serbia in 2023 — 10.32%. Ranked 82 in the world out of 148. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 0.71 pp.

2023 10.32% −1.46 pp vs 2022
World rank 82of 148
Period maximum 17.71%2001
Period minimum 9.61%1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · % of output

Transmission and distribution losses — Serbia, 1990–20237.51012.51517.5201990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 9.61%1991: 9.72%1992: 9.73%1993: 15%1994: 15.16%1995: 15.7%1996: 16.69%1997: 15.8%1998: 15.79%1999: 16.68%2000: 17.22%2001: 17.71%2002: 17.64%2003: 16.59%2004: 14.95%2005: 14.67%2006: 15.69%2007: 15.77%2008: 15.79%2009: 15.58%2010: 15.81%2011: 15.14%2012: 15.24%2013: 13.79%2014: 15.16%2015: 13.5%2016: 12.22%2017: 12.97%2018: 12.11%2019: 11.52%2020: 11.55%2021: 11.72%2022: 11.77%2023: 10.32%
Change over the period: +0.71 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Serbia 10.32%
World 6.95%
Southern Europe computed 8.37%
Transmission and distribution losses — Serbia, by year Serbia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 10.32 −1.46 pp
2022 11.77 +0.05 pp
2021 11.72 +0.17 pp
2020 11.55 +0.03 pp
2019 11.52 −0.59 pp
2018 12.11 −0.86 pp
2017 12.97 +0.75 pp
2016 12.22 −1.28 pp
2015 13.5 −1.66 pp
2014 15.16 +1.36 pp
2013 13.79 −1.45 pp
2012 15.24 +0.1 pp
2011 15.14 −0.67 pp
2010 15.81 +0.23 pp
2009 15.58 −0.21 pp
2008 15.79 +0.03 pp
2007 15.77 +0.07 pp
2006 15.69 +1.03 pp
2005 14.67 −0.28 pp
2004 14.95 −1.64 pp
2003 16.59 −1.05 pp
2002 17.64 −0.07 pp
2001 17.71 +0.49 pp
2000 17.22 +0.53 pp
1999 16.68 +0.89 pp
1998 15.79 −0.01 pp
1997 15.8 −0.89 pp
1996 16.69 +1 pp
1995 15.7 +0.54 pp
1994 15.16 +0.16 pp
1993 15 +5.27 pp
1992 9.73 +0 pp
1991 9.72 +0.12 pp
1990 9.61

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.