Transmission and distribution losses — all countries

Transmission and distribution losses — Türkiye

Transmission and distribution losses in Türkiye in 2024 — 8.27%. Ranked 30 in the world out of 41. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 3.34 pp.

2024 8.27% −0.66 pp vs 2023
World rank 30of 41
Period maximum 19.02%2000
Period minimum 8.27%2024

Trend over time

1990–2024 · % of output

Transmission and distribution losses — Türkiye, 1990–2024510152019901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 11.61%1991: 12.55%1992: 13.36%1993: 13.89%1994: 15.12%1995: 15.96%1996: 16.71%1997: 17.99%1998: 18.73%1999: 18.5%2000: 19.02%2001: 19.01%2002: 18.49%2003: 17.11%2004: 15.42%2005: 14.85%2006: 14.07%2007: 13.91%2008: 13.85%2009: 14.88%2010: 14.31%2011: 14.11%2012: 14.89%2013: 15.46%2014: 14.82%2015: 13.95%2016: 12.98%2017: 11.66%2018: 10.38%2019: 10.29%2020: 9.58%2021: 9.26%2022: 8.85%2023: 8.94%2024: 8.27%
Change over the period: −3.34 pp Annual average: -0.1 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Türkiye 8.27%
World 6.51%
Transmission and distribution losses — Türkiye, by year Türkiye All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 8.27 −0.66 pp
2023 8.94 +0.08 pp
2022 8.85 −0.41 pp
2021 9.26 −0.31 pp
2020 9.58 −0.72 pp
2019 10.29 −0.08 pp
2018 10.38 −1.28 pp
2017 11.66 −1.32 pp
2016 12.98 −0.98 pp
2015 13.95 −0.86 pp
2014 14.82 −0.65 pp
2013 15.46 +0.57 pp
2012 14.89 +0.78 pp
2011 14.11 −0.2 pp
2010 14.31 −0.57 pp
2009 14.88 +1.03 pp
2008 13.85 −0.06 pp
2007 13.91 −0.16 pp
2006 14.07 −0.77 pp
2005 14.85 −0.58 pp
2004 15.42 −1.69 pp
2003 17.11 −1.39 pp
2002 18.49 −0.51 pp
2001 19.01 −0.01 pp
2000 19.02 +0.51 pp
1999 18.5 −0.23 pp
1998 18.73 +0.74 pp
1997 17.99 +1.28 pp
1996 16.71 +0.75 pp
1995 15.96 +0.84 pp
1994 15.12 +1.23 pp
1993 13.89 +0.53 pp
1992 13.36 +0.81 pp
1991 12.55 +0.94 pp
1990 11.61

Western Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

IL Israel 3.92 TR Türkiye 8.27

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.