Transmission and distribution losses in the G20 in 2024 — 6.56%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 1.73 pp.
2000–2024 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.56 | +0.42 pp |
| 2023 | 6.13 | +0.17 pp |
| 2022 | 5.97 | −0.48 pp |
| 2021 | 6.44 | −0.1 pp |
| 2020 | 6.54 | −0.19 pp |
| 2019 | 6.73 | +0.05 pp |
| 2018 | 6.68 | −0.23 pp |
| 2017 | 6.91 | −0.1 pp |
| 2016 | 7.01 | −0.13 pp |
| 2015 | 7.14 | −0.03 pp |
| 2014 | 7.17 | −0.28 pp |
| 2013 | 7.44 | −0.1 pp |
| 2012 | 7.55 | +0.07 pp |
| 2011 | 7.47 | −0.1 pp |
| 2010 | 7.58 | −0.25 pp |
| 2009 | 7.83 | +0.29 pp |
| 2008 | 7.54 | −0.14 pp |
| 2007 | 7.68 | −0.14 pp |
| 2006 | 7.82 | −0.26 pp |
| 2005 | 8.08 | −0.31 pp |
| 2004 | 8.39 | +0.32 pp |
| 2003 | 8.08 | −0.32 pp |
| 2002 | 8.4 | +0.46 pp |
| 2001 | 7.94 | −0.35 pp |
| 2000 | 8.28 | — |
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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