Transmission and distribution losses — all countries

Transmission and distribution losses — Eastern Europe

Transmission and distribution losses in Eastern Europe in 2023 — 7.79%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 4.29 pp.

2023 7.79% −0.19 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 12.39%2002
Period minimum 7.79%2023

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of output

Transmission and distribution losses — Eastern Europe, 2000–2023681012142000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 12.08%2001: 12.33%2002: 12.39%2003: 12.08%2004: 11.68%2005: 11.29%2006: 10.49%2007: 10.15%2008: 10.11%2009: 10.35%2010: 9.72%2011: 9.4%2012: 9.48%2013: 9.48%2014: 9.38%2015: 9.34%2016: 9.13%2017: 9.03%2018: 8.67%2019: 8.41%2020: 8.44%2021: 7.93%2022: 7.98%2023: 7.79%
Change over the period: −4.29 pp Annual average: -0.19 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe 7.79%
World 6.95%
Transmission and distribution losses — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 7.79 −0.19 pp
2022 7.98 +0.05 pp
2021 7.93 −0.5 pp
2020 8.44 +0.02 pp
2019 8.41 −0.25 pp
2018 8.67 −0.36 pp
2017 9.03 −0.11 pp
2016 9.13 −0.21 pp
2015 9.34 −0.03 pp
2014 9.38 −0.1 pp
2013 9.48 +0 pp
2012 9.48 +0.08 pp
2011 9.4 −0.32 pp
2010 9.72 −0.63 pp
2009 10.35 +0.23 pp
2008 10.11 −0.03 pp
2007 10.15 −0.34 pp
2006 10.49 −0.8 pp
2005 11.29 −0.39 pp
2004 11.68 −0.4 pp
2003 12.08 −0.31 pp
2002 12.39 +0.06 pp
2001 12.33 +0.25 pp
2000 12.08

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.