Transmission and distribution losses in South Africa in 2023 — 10.25%. Ranked 81 in the world out of 148. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 4.28 pp.
1990–2023 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Africa
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.25 | +0.21 pp |
| 2022 | 10.04 | −0.09 pp |
| 2021 | 10.14 | −0.33 pp |
| 2020 | 10.47 | +1.4 pp |
| 2019 | 9.07 | +0.2 pp |
| 2018 | 8.87 | +0.47 pp |
| 2017 | 8.4 | −0.07 pp |
| 2016 | 8.47 | +0.5 pp |
| 2015 | 7.97 | −0.32 pp |
| 2014 | 8.29 | −0.1 pp |
| 2013 | 8.39 | −0.22 pp |
| 2012 | 8.62 | +0.24 pp |
| 2011 | 8.38 | −1.05 pp |
| 2010 | 9.43 | −0.3 pp |
| 2009 | 9.73 | +1.03 pp |
| 2008 | 8.7 | +0.34 pp |
| 2007 | 8.36 | −0.26 pp |
| 2006 | 8.62 | +0.22 pp |
| 2005 | 8.39 | −1.46 pp |
| 2004 | 9.85 | +1.69 pp |
| 2003 | 8.17 | +1.9 pp |
| 2002 | 6.27 | −1.47 pp |
| 2001 | 7.73 | −0.36 pp |
| 2000 | 8.09 | −0.19 pp |
| 1999 | 8.28 | +0.23 pp |
| 1998 | 8.05 | +0.4 pp |
| 1997 | 7.65 | +0.07 pp |
| 1996 | 7.58 | +1.4 pp |
| 1995 | 6.18 | −1.54 pp |
| 1994 | 7.72 | +0.42 pp |
| 1993 | 7.3 | +0.14 pp |
| 1992 | 7.16 | +0.64 pp |
| 1991 | 6.52 | +0.56 pp |
| 1990 | 5.96 | — |
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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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