Transmission and distribution losses in South Asia in 2023 — 13.83%. Since 1971, the indicator has fallen by 2.78 pp.
1971–2023 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Asia
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 13.83 | −0.63 pp |
| 2022 | 14.46 | −1.64 pp |
| 2021 | 16.1 | −1.07 pp |
| 2020 | 17.16 | +1.19 pp |
| 2019 | 15.98 | −0.36 pp |
| 2018 | 16.34 | −0.38 pp |
| 2017 | 16.72 | −0.27 pp |
| 2016 | 16.99 | −0.46 pp |
| 2015 | 17.45 | −0.02 pp |
| 2014 | 17.48 | −1.06 pp |
| 2013 | 18.54 | −0.15 pp |
| 2012 | 18.69 | −0.57 pp |
| 2011 | 19.26 | −0.35 pp |
| 2010 | 19.61 | −1.28 pp |
| 2009 | 20.89 | −0.07 pp |
| 2008 | 20.96 | −1.28 pp |
| 2007 | 22.24 | −0.89 pp |
| 2006 | 23.14 | −1.54 pp |
| 2005 | 24.68 | −0.58 pp |
| 2004 | 25.26 | −1.33 pp |
| 2003 | 26.59 | +0.12 pp |
| 2002 | 26.48 | −1.62 pp |
| 2001 | 28.1 | +0.89 pp |
| 2000 | 27.21 | +1.43 pp |
| 1999 | 25.78 | +3.57 pp |
| 1998 | 22.21 | +1.38 pp |
| 1997 | 20.84 | +0.14 pp |
| 1996 | 20.7 | +1.78 pp |
| 1995 | 18.91 | +0.87 pp |
| 1994 | 18.05 | −0.23 pp |
| 1993 | 18.27 | −0.42 pp |
| 1992 | 18.7 | −1.16 pp |
| 1991 | 19.86 | +0 pp |
| 1990 | 19.85 | +0.06 pp |
| 1989 | 19.8 | +1.14 pp |
| 1988 | 18.65 | −0.67 pp |
| 1987 | 19.33 | +0.89 pp |
| 1986 | 18.43 | −0.26 pp |
| 1985 | 18.69 | +0.33 pp |
| 1984 | 18.36 | +0.01 pp |
| 1983 | 18.35 | +0.01 pp |
| 1982 | 18.34 | +0.27 pp |
| 1981 | 18.07 | +0.06 pp |
| 1980 | 18.01 | −0.02 pp |
| 1979 | 18.03 | +0.31 pp |
| 1978 | 17.72 | +0.75 pp |
| 1977 | 16.97 | −0.43 pp |
| 1976 | 17.4 | +0.34 pp |
| 1975 | 17.06 | −0.48 pp |
| 1974 | 17.54 | −0.34 pp |
| 1973 | 17.89 | +0.37 pp |
| 1972 | 17.52 | +0.91 pp |
| 1971 | 16.61 | — |
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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