Transmission and distribution losses in Western Europe in 2024 — 5.48%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.2 pp.
2000–2024 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Europe
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.48 | −0.15 pp |
| 2023 | 5.62 | +0.13 pp |
| 2022 | 5.5 | +0.08 pp |
| 2021 | 5.42 | +0.08 pp |
| 2020 | 5.35 | +0.04 pp |
| 2019 | 5.31 | +0.01 pp |
| 2018 | 5.29 | −0.04 pp |
| 2017 | 5.34 | +0.14 pp |
| 2016 | 5.2 | +0.08 pp |
| 2015 | 5.12 | +0.13 pp |
| 2014 | 4.99 | −0.23 pp |
| 2013 | 5.22 | −0 pp |
| 2012 | 5.22 | +0.04 pp |
| 2011 | 5.18 | +0.24 pp |
| 2010 | 4.94 | −0.26 pp |
| 2009 | 5.2 | −0.03 pp |
| 2008 | 5.23 | +0.16 pp |
| 2007 | 5.08 | +0.03 pp |
| 2006 | 5.04 | −0.14 pp |
| 2005 | 5.19 | +0.1 pp |
| 2004 | 5.08 | +0.03 pp |
| 2003 | 5.05 | −0.07 pp |
| 2002 | 5.12 | −0.46 pp |
| 2001 | 5.58 | −0.09 pp |
| 2000 | 5.67 | — |
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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