Transmission and distribution losses in Northern Africa in 2023 — 17.52%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3.08 pp.
2000–2023 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Northern Africa
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 17.52 | −0.14 pp |
| 2022 | 17.66 | −0.84 pp |
| 2021 | 18.5 | −0.36 pp |
| 2020 | 18.86 | +2.41 pp |
| 2019 | 16.46 | −0.38 pp |
| 2018 | 16.84 | −0.29 pp |
| 2017 | 17.13 | −1.74 pp |
| 2016 | 18.87 | +2.15 pp |
| 2015 | 16.72 | +1.99 pp |
| 2014 | 14.73 | −1.35 pp |
| 2013 | 16.08 | +1.7 pp |
| 2012 | 14.38 | +0.44 pp |
| 2011 | 13.95 | −1.25 pp |
| 2010 | 15.2 | −0.42 pp |
| 2009 | 15.62 | +0.56 pp |
| 2008 | 15.06 | +2.12 pp |
| 2007 | 12.94 | +0.37 pp |
| 2006 | 12.56 | +0.14 pp |
| 2005 | 12.42 | −0.87 pp |
| 2004 | 13.3 | +1.72 pp |
| 2003 | 11.58 | −0.97 pp |
| 2002 | 12.55 | −1.94 pp |
| 2001 | 14.48 | +0.05 pp |
| 2000 | 14.44 | — |
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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