Transmission and distribution losses — all countries

Transmission and distribution losses — Middle Africa

Transmission and distribution losses in Middle Africa in 2023 — 15.66%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 2.78 pp.

2023 15.66% −0.22 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 17.95%2004
Period minimum 9.3%2007

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of output

Transmission and distribution losses — Middle Africa, 2000–20237.51012.51517.5202000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 12.88%2001: 14.53%2002: 12.97%2003: 12.24%2004: 17.95%2005: 15.99%2006: 12.6%2007: 9.3%2008: 12.93%2009: 10.64%2010: 11.47%2011: 15.03%2012: 16.67%2013: 16.68%2014: 17.35%2015: 16.9%2016: 16.78%2017: 15.88%2018: 15.73%2019: 16.57%2020: 16.17%2021: 15.8%2022: 15.89%2023: 15.66%
Change over the period: +2.78 pp Annual average: 0.12 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle Africa

Middle Africa 15.66%
World 6.95%
Transmission and distribution losses — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 15.66 −0.22 pp
2022 15.89 +0.09 pp
2021 15.8 −0.37 pp
2020 16.17 −0.4 pp
2019 16.57 +0.84 pp
2018 15.73 −0.15 pp
2017 15.88 −0.9 pp
2016 16.78 −0.11 pp
2015 16.9 −0.45 pp
2014 17.35 +0.66 pp
2013 16.68 +0.02 pp
2012 16.67 +1.63 pp
2011 15.03 +3.56 pp
2010 11.47 +0.83 pp
2009 10.64 −2.28 pp
2008 12.93 +3.63 pp
2007 9.3 −3.3 pp
2006 12.6 −3.39 pp
2005 15.99 −1.97 pp
2004 17.95 +5.71 pp
2003 12.24 −0.73 pp
2002 12.97 −1.56 pp
2001 14.53 +1.65 pp
2000 12.88

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.