Transmission and distribution losses in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2024 — 25.76%. Since 1971, the indicator has risen by 17.82 pp.
1971–2024 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25.76 | +12.4 pp |
| 2023 | 13.36 | +0.08 pp |
| 2022 | 13.28 | −0.03 pp |
| 2021 | 13.31 | −0.01 pp |
| 2020 | 13.32 | +1.08 pp |
| 2019 | 12.24 | −0.04 pp |
| 2018 | 12.28 | +0.48 pp |
| 2017 | 11.8 | −0.54 pp |
| 2016 | 12.34 | +0.46 pp |
| 2015 | 11.88 | −0.32 pp |
| 2014 | 12.2 | +0.59 pp |
| 2013 | 11.61 | −0.04 pp |
| 2012 | 11.66 | −0.07 pp |
| 2011 | 11.73 | −0.28 pp |
| 2010 | 12.01 | −0.22 pp |
| 2009 | 12.23 | +0.78 pp |
| 2008 | 11.45 | +0.68 pp |
| 2007 | 10.77 | −0.49 pp |
| 2006 | 11.26 | +0.11 pp |
| 2005 | 11.15 | −1.04 pp |
| 2004 | 12.19 | +1.53 pp |
| 2003 | 10.66 | +1.08 pp |
| 2002 | 9.58 | −0.87 pp |
| 2001 | 10.45 | +0.09 pp |
| 2000 | 10.36 | +0.55 pp |
| 1999 | 9.81 | +0.07 pp |
| 1998 | 9.74 | +0.5 pp |
| 1997 | 9.25 | +0.18 pp |
| 1996 | 9.07 | +0.92 pp |
| 1995 | 8.15 | −1.09 pp |
| 1994 | 9.24 | +0.59 pp |
| 1993 | 8.65 | −0.53 pp |
| 1992 | 9.18 | +0.83 pp |
| 1991 | 8.36 | +0.52 pp |
| 1990 | 7.84 | +0.18 pp |
| 1989 | 7.66 | +0.26 pp |
| 1988 | 7.4 | −0.13 pp |
| 1987 | 7.53 | +0.93 pp |
| 1986 | 6.6 | −1.82 pp |
| 1985 | 8.42 | −0.24 pp |
| 1984 | 8.65 | −0.49 pp |
| 1983 | 9.14 | +0.55 pp |
| 1982 | 8.59 | −1.15 pp |
| 1981 | 9.73 | +0.57 pp |
| 1980 | 9.16 | +0.07 pp |
| 1979 | 9.1 | +0.97 pp |
| 1978 | 8.13 | +0.51 pp |
| 1977 | 7.62 | −0.09 pp |
| 1976 | 7.71 | +0.01 pp |
| 1975 | 7.69 | +0.3 pp |
| 1974 | 7.4 | −0.15 pp |
| 1973 | 7.55 | +0.21 pp |
| 1972 | 7.33 | −0.61 pp |
| 1971 | 7.94 | — |
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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