Transmission and distribution losses in Southern Europe in 2023 — 8.37%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.28 pp.
2000–2023 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Southern Europe
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8.37 | −0.03 pp |
| 2022 | 8.4 | −0.24 pp |
| 2021 | 8.64 | +0.2 pp |
| 2020 | 8.44 | +0.45 pp |
| 2019 | 7.98 | −0.29 pp |
| 2018 | 8.28 | +0.67 pp |
| 2017 | 7.61 | −0.77 pp |
| 2016 | 8.38 | −0.46 pp |
| 2015 | 8.84 | +0.02 pp |
| 2014 | 8.82 | −0.03 pp |
| 2013 | 8.85 | +0.59 pp |
| 2012 | 8.26 | −0.04 pp |
| 2011 | 8.31 | −0.2 pp |
| 2010 | 8.5 | +0.27 pp |
| 2009 | 8.24 | −0.02 pp |
| 2008 | 8.26 | −0.13 pp |
| 2007 | 8.39 | +0.02 pp |
| 2006 | 8.36 | −0.52 pp |
| 2005 | 8.88 | +0.2 pp |
| 2004 | 8.68 | −0.16 pp |
| 2003 | 8.83 | +0.5 pp |
| 2002 | 8.33 | −0.18 pp |
| 2001 | 8.51 | −0.13 pp |
| 2000 | 8.65 | — |
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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