Transmission and distribution losses in Central America in 2023 — 11.76%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 2.65 pp.
2000–2023 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Central America
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 11.76 | −0.03 pp |
| 2022 | 11.78 | −0.69 pp |
| 2021 | 12.47 | +0.56 pp |
| 2020 | 11.91 | −0.36 pp |
| 2019 | 12.28 | −0.13 pp |
| 2018 | 12.4 | −1.46 pp |
| 2017 | 13.86 | +0.79 pp |
| 2016 | 13.07 | −0.46 pp |
| 2015 | 13.52 | −0.55 pp |
| 2014 | 14.07 | −0.41 pp |
| 2013 | 14.49 | −0.06 pp |
| 2012 | 14.54 | −0.66 pp |
| 2011 | 15.2 | −0.79 pp |
| 2010 | 15.99 | +0.17 pp |
| 2009 | 15.82 | +0.6 pp |
| 2008 | 15.22 | +0.07 pp |
| 2007 | 15.15 | −0.25 pp |
| 2006 | 15.39 | +0.36 pp |
| 2005 | 15.03 | +0.04 pp |
| 2004 | 15 | +2.24 pp |
| 2003 | 12.76 | −1.69 pp |
| 2002 | 14.45 | +0.16 pp |
| 2001 | 14.29 | −0.11 pp |
| 2000 | 14.4 | — |
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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