Transmission and distribution losses — all countries

Transmission and distribution losses — Singapore

Transmission and distribution losses in Singapore in 2023 — 0.23%. Ranked 1 in the world out of 148. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 3.14 pp.

2023 0.23% −0.05 pp vs 2022
World rank 1of 148
Period maximum 6.56%2002
Period minimum 0.23%2023

Trend over time

1990–2023 · % of output

Transmission and distribution losses — Singapore, 1990–2023024681990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 3.37%1991: 5.42%1992: 4.28%1993: 3.62%1994: 4.19%1995: 3.83%1996: 3.85%1997: 3.62%1998: 3.59%1999: 3.61%2000: 3.64%2001: 6.01%2002: 6.56%2003: 5.51%2004: 5.89%2005: 3.12%2006: 2.69%2007: 2.87%2008: 2.54%2009: 3.17%2010: 4.91%2011: 2.54%2012: 1.83%2013: 2.3%2014: 2.04%2015: 1.76%2016: 1.91%2017: 1.26%2018: 1.06%2019: 1.03%2020: 0.9%2021: 1.11%2022: 0.28%2023: 0.23%
Change over the period: −3.14 pp Annual average: -0.1 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Singapore 0.23%
World 6.95%
South-Eastern Asia computed 6.79%
Transmission and distribution losses — Singapore, by year Singapore All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 0.23 −0.05 pp
2022 0.28 −0.82 pp
2021 1.11 +0.2 pp
2020 0.9 −0.12 pp
2019 1.03 −0.03 pp
2018 1.06 −0.19 pp
2017 1.26 −0.65 pp
2016 1.91 +0.15 pp
2015 1.76 −0.27 pp
2014 2.04 −0.26 pp
2013 2.3 +0.47 pp
2012 1.83 −0.71 pp
2011 2.54 −2.37 pp
2010 4.91 +1.74 pp
2009 3.17 +0.63 pp
2008 2.54 −0.33 pp
2007 2.87 +0.18 pp
2006 2.69 −0.43 pp
2005 3.12 −2.76 pp
2004 5.89 +0.38 pp
2003 5.51 −1.05 pp
2002 6.56 +0.56 pp
2001 6.01 +2.37 pp
2000 3.64 +0.03 pp
1999 3.61 +0.02 pp
1998 3.59 −0.03 pp
1997 3.62 −0.23 pp
1996 3.85 +0.02 pp
1995 3.83 −0.35 pp
1994 4.19 +0.57 pp
1993 3.62 −0.66 pp
1992 4.28 −1.14 pp
1991 5.42 +2.05 pp
1990 3.37

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.