Transmission and distribution losses in Sri Lanka in 2023 — 9.22%. Ranked 69 in the world out of 148. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 7.48 pp.
1990–2023 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sri Lanka
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.22 | +0.44 pp |
| 2022 | 8.78 | −0.49 pp |
| 2021 | 9.26 | +0.13 pp |
| 2020 | 9.13 | +0.66 pp |
| 2019 | 8.47 | −0.58 pp |
| 2018 | 9.06 | +3.59 pp |
| 2017 | 5.46 | −1.52 pp |
| 2016 | 6.98 | −0.04 pp |
| 2015 | 7.02 | −4.43 pp |
| 2014 | 11.44 | +1.45 pp |
| 2013 | 9.99 | −0.03 pp |
| 2012 | 10.02 | −2.12 pp |
| 2011 | 12.14 | −1.63 pp |
| 2010 | 13.77 | −0.56 pp |
| 2009 | 14.33 | −0.5 pp |
| 2008 | 14.83 | −0.93 pp |
| 2007 | 15.77 | −0.67 pp |
| 2006 | 16.43 | +0.3 pp |
| 2005 | 16.13 | −0.45 pp |
| 2004 | 16.58 | −2.14 pp |
| 2003 | 18.71 | +0.24 pp |
| 2002 | 18.47 | −0.42 pp |
| 2001 | 18.89 | −2.07 pp |
| 2000 | 20.96 | +0.34 pp |
| 1999 | 20.62 | +2.02 pp |
| 1998 | 18.6 | +1.11 pp |
| 1997 | 17.49 | +0.41 pp |
| 1996 | 17.09 | −0.95 pp |
| 1995 | 18.03 | +0.39 pp |
| 1994 | 17.64 | −0.13 pp |
| 1993 | 17.77 | +0.99 pp |
| 1992 | 16.78 | −1.34 pp |
| 1991 | 18.12 | +1.42 pp |
| 1990 | 16.7 | — |
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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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