Transmission and distribution losses in the world in 2024 — 6.51%. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 2.9 pp.
1960–2024 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: World
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.51 | −0.44 pp |
| 2023 | 6.95 | +0.18 pp |
| 2022 | 6.77 | −0.37 pp |
| 2021 | 7.14 | −0.14 pp |
| 2020 | 7.28 | −0.15 pp |
| 2019 | 7.43 | +0.1 pp |
| 2018 | 7.33 | −0.24 pp |
| 2017 | 7.57 | −0.16 pp |
| 2016 | 7.74 | −0.16 pp |
| 2015 | 7.89 | +0.04 pp |
| 2014 | 7.85 | −0.21 pp |
| 2013 | 8.07 | −0.06 pp |
| 2012 | 8.12 | +0.04 pp |
| 2011 | 8.08 | −0.11 pp |
| 2010 | 8.19 | −0.26 pp |
| 2009 | 8.45 | +0.19 pp |
| 2008 | 8.26 | −0.09 pp |
| 2007 | 8.35 | −0.12 pp |
| 2006 | 8.47 | −0.23 pp |
| 2005 | 8.7 | −0.19 pp |
| 2004 | 8.9 | +0.22 pp |
| 2003 | 8.67 | −0.27 pp |
| 2002 | 8.94 | +0.31 pp |
| 2001 | 8.64 | −0.21 pp |
| 2000 | 8.84 | +0.24 pp |
| 1999 | 8.61 | +0.04 pp |
| 1998 | 8.56 | +0.24 pp |
| 1997 | 8.32 | −0.3 pp |
| 1996 | 8.62 | +0.12 pp |
| 1995 | 8.5 | +0.18 pp |
| 1994 | 8.32 | −0.07 pp |
| 1993 | 8.39 | +0.38 pp |
| 1992 | 8.01 | +0.09 pp |
| 1991 | 7.92 | −0.51 pp |
| 1990 | 8.43 | −0.34 pp |
| 1989 | 8.77 | +1.64 pp |
| 1988 | 7.13 | −0.11 pp |
| 1987 | 7.24 | −0.28 pp |
| 1986 | 7.52 | −0.33 pp |
| 1985 | 7.85 | +0.23 pp |
| 1984 | 7.62 | −0.61 pp |
| 1983 | 8.22 | +0.15 pp |
| 1982 | 8.08 | +0.32 pp |
| 1981 | 7.76 | −0.5 pp |
| 1980 | 8.26 | +0.15 pp |
| 1979 | 8.11 | −0.13 pp |
| 1978 | 8.25 | +0.12 pp |
| 1977 | 8.13 | −0.24 pp |
| 1976 | 8.37 | +0.04 pp |
| 1975 | 8.33 | +0.43 pp |
| 1974 | 7.91 | −0.24 pp |
| 1973 | 8.14 | −0.13 pp |
| 1972 | 8.28 | +0.11 pp |
| 1971 | 8.17 | +0.13 pp |
| 1970 | 8.04 | +0.07 pp |
| 1969 | 7.97 | −0.36 pp |
| 1968 | 8.34 | −0.1 pp |
| 1967 | 8.43 | −0.29 pp |
| 1966 | 8.73 | +0.05 pp |
| 1965 | 8.68 | +0.05 pp |
| 1964 | 8.63 | −0.12 pp |
| 1963 | 8.75 | −0.15 pp |
| 1962 | 8.9 | −0.27 pp |
| 1961 | 9.17 | −0.23 pp |
| 1960 | 9.4 | — |
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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