Transmission and distribution losses — all countries

Transmission and distribution losses — Central Asia

Transmission and distribution losses in Central Asia in 2023 — 9.36%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 4.44 pp.

2023 9.36% +0.69 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 15.65%2001
Period minimum 8.66%2021

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of output

Transmission and distribution losses — Central Asia, 2000–20238101214162000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 13.81%2001: 15.65%2002: 15.42%2003: 15.02%2004: 15.45%2005: 15.36%2006: 13.55%2007: 13.43%2008: 13.39%2009: 12.25%2010: 12.78%2011: 12.24%2012: 12.22%2013: 13.66%2014: 12.41%2015: 11.1%2016: 11.01%2017: 11.3%2018: 8.8%2019: 9.85%2020: 10.57%2021: 8.66%2022: 8.67%2023: 9.36%
Change over the period: −4.44 pp Annual average: -0.19 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Central Asia

Central Asia 9.36%
World 6.95%
Transmission and distribution losses — Central Asia, by year Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 9.36 +0.69 pp
2022 8.67 +0.01 pp
2021 8.66 −1.92 pp
2020 10.57 +0.72 pp
2019 9.85 +1.05 pp
2018 8.8 −2.5 pp
2017 11.3 +0.29 pp
2016 11.01 −0.09 pp
2015 11.1 −1.31 pp
2014 12.41 −1.25 pp
2013 13.66 +1.44 pp
2012 12.22 −0.02 pp
2011 12.24 −0.54 pp
2010 12.78 +0.53 pp
2009 12.25 −1.14 pp
2008 13.39 −0.04 pp
2007 13.43 −0.12 pp
2006 13.55 −1.82 pp
2005 15.36 −0.09 pp
2004 15.45 +0.43 pp
2003 15.02 −0.4 pp
2002 15.42 −0.24 pp
2001 15.65 +1.85 pp
2000 13.81

About the indicator

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.