Transmission and distribution losses in Zambia in 2023 — 5.34%. Ranked 27 in the world out of 148. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 2.11 pp.
1990–2023 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Zambia
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.34 | −6.12 pp |
| 2022 | 11.46 | −1.85 pp |
| 2021 | 13.31 | −1.41 pp |
| 2020 | 14.73 | +9.35 pp |
| 2019 | 5.38 | −5.33 pp |
| 2018 | 10.7 | −0.89 pp |
| 2017 | 11.59 | −5.1 pp |
| 2016 | 16.7 | +6.79 pp |
| 2015 | 9.9 | −5.45 pp |
| 2014 | 15.35 | +6.36 pp |
| 2013 | 8.99 | +0.88 pp |
| 2012 | 8.11 | −16.06 pp |
| 2011 | 24.18 | +6.01 pp |
| 2010 | 18.17 | −0.47 pp |
| 2009 | 18.64 | −3.94 pp |
| 2008 | 22.58 | +9.8 pp |
| 2007 | 12.77 | +6.91 pp |
| 2006 | 5.86 | +0.81 pp |
| 2005 | 5.06 | +1.08 pp |
| 2004 | 3.98 | −0.02 pp |
| 2003 | 4 | +0.27 pp |
| 2002 | 3.74 | +0.27 pp |
| 2001 | 3.47 | +0.29 pp |
| 2000 | 3.18 | +0.28 pp |
| 1999 | 2.9 | +0.66 pp |
| 1998 | 2.24 | +0.17 pp |
| 1997 | 2.07 | +0.14 pp |
| 1996 | 1.93 | −0.9 pp |
| 1995 | 2.83 | −0.61 pp |
| 1994 | 3.44 | +0.26 pp |
| 1993 | 3.18 | −0.65 pp |
| 1992 | 3.83 | +0.1 pp |
| 1991 | 3.74 | +0.5 pp |
| 1990 | 3.23 | — |
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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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