Transmission and distribution losses in upper-middle-income countries in 2023 — 6.07%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 4.65 pp.
2000–2023 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.07 | +0.03 pp |
| 2022 | 6.04 | −0.28 pp |
| 2021 | 6.31 | −0.44 pp |
| 2020 | 6.75 | −0.35 pp |
| 2019 | 7.1 | −0.06 pp |
| 2018 | 7.16 | −0.18 pp |
| 2017 | 7.34 | −0.19 pp |
| 2016 | 7.53 | −0.14 pp |
| 2015 | 7.67 | −0.13 pp |
| 2014 | 7.81 | −0.38 pp |
| 2013 | 8.18 | −0.15 pp |
| 2012 | 8.33 | −0.05 pp |
| 2011 | 8.39 | −0.5 pp |
| 2010 | 8.89 | −0.22 pp |
| 2009 | 9.11 | −0.08 pp |
| 2008 | 9.19 | +0.04 pp |
| 2007 | 9.15 | −0.28 pp |
| 2006 | 9.43 | −0.35 pp |
| 2005 | 9.78 | +0.09 pp |
| 2004 | 9.68 | −0.14 pp |
| 2003 | 9.83 | −0.48 pp |
| 2002 | 10.31 | −0.2 pp |
| 2001 | 10.51 | −0.21 pp |
| 2000 | 10.72 | — |
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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