Transmission and distribution losses — all countries

Transmission and distribution losses — Vietnam

Transmission and distribution losses in Vietnam in 2023 — 6.58%. Ranked 41 in the world out of 148. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 18.82 pp.

2023 6.58% +0.38 pp vs 2022
World rank 41of 148
Period maximum 25.62%1992
Period minimum 6.2%2022

Trend over time

1990–2023 · % of output

Transmission and distribution losses — Vietnam, 1990–202301020301990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 25.4%1991: 25.53%1992: 25.62%1993: 24.01%1994: 22.49%1995: 21.7%1996: 19.26%1997: 18.2%1998: 16.09%1999: 15.02%2000: 13.77%2001: 13.86%2002: 14%2003: 12.88%2004: 13.01%2005: 11.66%2006: 11.35%2007: 11.11%2008: 10.08%2009: 9.6%2010: 10.11%2011: 9.55%2012: 9.11%2013: 9.54%2014: 9.31%2015: 7.99%2016: 7.56%2017: 7.21%2018: 7.09%2019: 6.54%2020: 6.53%2021: 6.49%2022: 6.2%2023: 6.58%
Change over the period: −18.82 pp Annual average: -0.57 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Vietnam 6.58%
World 6.95%
South-Eastern Asia computed 6.79%
Transmission and distribution losses — Vietnam, by year Vietnam All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 6.58 +0.38 pp
2022 6.2 −0.29 pp
2021 6.49 −0.04 pp
2020 6.53 −0 pp
2019 6.54 −0.55 pp
2018 7.09 −0.12 pp
2017 7.21 −0.36 pp
2016 7.56 −0.43 pp
2015 7.99 −1.32 pp
2014 9.31 −0.23 pp
2013 9.54 +0.43 pp
2012 9.11 −0.44 pp
2011 9.55 −0.56 pp
2010 10.11 +0.51 pp
2009 9.6 −0.48 pp
2008 10.08 −1.03 pp
2007 11.11 −0.23 pp
2006 11.35 −0.32 pp
2005 11.66 −1.34 pp
2004 13.01 +0.12 pp
2003 12.88 −1.12 pp
2002 14 +0.14 pp
2001 13.86 +0.09 pp
2000 13.77 −1.25 pp
1999 15.02 −1.07 pp
1998 16.09 −2.11 pp
1997 18.2 −1.06 pp
1996 19.26 −2.44 pp
1995 21.7 −0.79 pp
1994 22.49 −1.52 pp
1993 24.01 −1.61 pp
1992 25.62 +0.09 pp
1991 25.53 +0.13 pp
1990 25.4

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.