Transmission and distribution losses in the United States in 2024 — 5.31%. Ranked 18 in the world out of 41. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 3.91 pp.
1990–2024 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: United States
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.31 | −0.17 pp |
| 2023 | 5.48 | +0.92 pp |
| 2022 | 4.56 | −1.02 pp |
| 2021 | 5.58 | +0.93 pp |
| 2020 | 4.65 | −0.91 pp |
| 2019 | 5.56 | +0.82 pp |
| 2018 | 4.74 | −0.54 pp |
| 2017 | 5.28 | −0.16 pp |
| 2016 | 5.43 | −0.48 pp |
| 2015 | 5.91 | +0.03 pp |
| 2014 | 5.88 | −0.05 pp |
| 2013 | 5.93 | −0.33 pp |
| 2012 | 6.26 | +0.3 pp |
| 2011 | 5.97 | +0.01 pp |
| 2010 | 5.96 | −0.26 pp |
| 2009 | 6.22 | +0.59 pp |
| 2008 | 5.63 | −0.5 pp |
| 2007 | 6.14 | −0.05 pp |
| 2006 | 6.19 | −0.08 pp |
| 2005 | 6.27 | −0.1 pp |
| 2004 | 6.37 | +0.79 pp |
| 2003 | 5.58 | −0.59 pp |
| 2002 | 6.16 | +1.78 pp |
| 2001 | 4.38 | −1.27 pp |
| 2000 | 5.65 | +0 pp |
| 1999 | 5.65 | −0.31 pp |
| 1998 | 5.96 | +0.09 pp |
| 1997 | 5.88 | −0.98 pp |
| 1996 | 6.86 | −0.09 pp |
| 1995 | 6.94 | +0.01 pp |
| 1994 | 6.93 | −0.48 pp |
| 1993 | 7.41 | +0.19 pp |
| 1992 | 7.21 | +0.24 pp |
| 1991 | 6.97 | −2.25 pp |
| 1990 | 9.22 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Canada
4.15
United States
5.31
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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