Transmission and distribution losses — all countries

Transmission and distribution losses — Thailand

Transmission and distribution losses in Thailand in 2023 — 7.16%. Ranked 49 in the world out of 148. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 3.4 pp.

2023 7.16% −0.31 pp vs 2022
World rank 49of 148
Period maximum 10.77%1991
Period minimum 5.74%2012

Trend over time

1990–2023 · % of output

Transmission and distribution losses — Thailand, 1990–202346810121990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 10.56%1991: 10.77%1992: 10.32%1993: 8.15%1994: 9.65%1995: 8.12%1996: 8.43%1997: 8.65%1998: 8.69%1999: 8.32%2000: 7.91%2001: 9.2%2002: 7.26%2003: 7.31%2004: 7.94%2005: 8.11%2006: 8.06%2007: 6.45%2008: 6.08%2009: 5.92%2010: 6.35%2011: 6.96%2012: 5.74%2013: 6.15%2014: 6.2%2015: 6.73%2016: 6.57%2017: 6.62%2018: 7.17%2019: 7.03%2020: 7.31%2021: 7.92%2022: 7.47%2023: 7.16%
Change over the period: −3.4 pp Annual average: -0.1 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Thailand 7.16%
World 6.95%
South-Eastern Asia computed 6.79%
Transmission and distribution losses — Thailand, by year Thailand All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 7.16 −0.31 pp
2022 7.47 −0.45 pp
2021 7.92 +0.62 pp
2020 7.31 +0.28 pp
2019 7.03 −0.14 pp
2018 7.17 +0.55 pp
2017 6.62 +0.05 pp
2016 6.57 −0.16 pp
2015 6.73 +0.53 pp
2014 6.2 +0.05 pp
2013 6.15 +0.41 pp
2012 5.74 −1.21 pp
2011 6.96 +0.61 pp
2010 6.35 +0.43 pp
2009 5.92 −0.16 pp
2008 6.08 −0.38 pp
2007 6.45 −1.61 pp
2006 8.06 −0.05 pp
2005 8.11 +0.17 pp
2004 7.94 +0.63 pp
2003 7.31 +0.05 pp
2002 7.26 −1.94 pp
2001 9.2 +1.29 pp
2000 7.91 −0.41 pp
1999 8.32 −0.37 pp
1998 8.69 +0.03 pp
1997 8.65 +0.22 pp
1996 8.43 +0.31 pp
1995 8.12 −1.52 pp
1994 9.65 +1.5 pp
1993 8.15 −2.17 pp
1992 10.32 −0.46 pp
1991 10.77 +0.21 pp
1990 10.56

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.