Transmission and distribution losses in South America in 2023 — 14.96%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 1.46 pp.
2000–2023 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South America
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 14.96 | +0.41 pp |
| 2022 | 14.56 | −0 pp |
| 2021 | 14.56 | −0.08 pp |
| 2020 | 14.64 | +0.08 pp |
| 2019 | 14.56 | +0.53 pp |
| 2018 | 14.03 | −0.89 pp |
| 2017 | 14.91 | −0.78 pp |
| 2016 | 15.69 | +0 pp |
| 2015 | 15.69 | −0.19 pp |
| 2014 | 15.88 | −0.53 pp |
| 2013 | 16.41 | −0.13 pp |
| 2012 | 16.55 | +0.59 pp |
| 2011 | 15.96 | −0.47 pp |
| 2010 | 16.43 | −0.29 pp |
| 2009 | 16.71 | +0.18 pp |
| 2008 | 16.53 | +0.07 pp |
| 2007 | 16.46 | −0.08 pp |
| 2006 | 16.54 | −0.14 pp |
| 2005 | 16.69 | +0.01 pp |
| 2004 | 16.67 | +0.62 pp |
| 2003 | 16.05 | −0.12 pp |
| 2002 | 16.17 | −0.24 pp |
| 2001 | 16.4 | −0.02 pp |
| 2000 | 16.42 | — |
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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