Other small states's electric power transmission and distribution losses (% of output) was 7.82% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 1.44 percentage points from 6.38% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 7.82% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 5.78% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 6.38% | 2013 |
| Highest | 17.85% | 1967 |
| Lowest | 5.58% | 2020 |
| Average since 2014 | 6.37% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 16.7% | 1960 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Other small states' electric power transmission and distribution losses (% of output) rose 0.93 percentage points on 2022 (from 6.88% to 7.82%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was −0.05 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.93 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2.69 percentage points in 1993 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.35 percentage points in 1970. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.13 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 35% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Other small states | 7.82% | 2023 |
| World | 6.94% | 2023 |
What this measures
Electric power transmission and distribution losses include losses in transmission between sources of supply and points of distribution and in the distribution to consumers, including pilferage. The losses are expressed as a share of the total output.
Limitations: Electricity consumption is equivalent to production less power plants' own use and transmission, distribution, and transformation losses less exports plus imports. It includes consumption by auxiliary stations, losses in transformers that are considered integral parts of those stations, and electricity produced by pumping installations. Where data are available, it covers electricity generated by primary sources of energy - coal, oil, gas, nuclear, hydro, geothermal, wind, tide and wave, and combustible renewables. Neither production nor consumption data capture the reliability of supplies, including breakdowns, load factors, and frequency of outages.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average using total electricity production as weights.
All 64 values
| Year | Electric power transmission and distribution losses (% of output) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 7.82 |
| 2022 | 6.88 |
| 2021 | 7 |
| 2020 | 5.58 |
| 2019 | 5.9 |
| 2018 | 5.78 |
| 2017 | 6.18 |
| 2016 | 6.01 |
| 2015 | 6.33 |
| 2014 | 6.19 |
| 2013 |
Electric power transmission and distribution losses (% of output) in nearby economies
- Algeria — 8.87% (2024)
- Bahrain — 2.83% (2024)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 19.87% (2024)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 10.09% (2024)
- Iraq — 58.7% (2024)
- Israel — 5.64% (2025)
- Jordan — 10.96% (2024)
- Kuwait — 9.04% (2024)
- Lebanon
More environment data for Other small states
- Rural population — 5.84 million (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 44.82% (2025)
- Urban population — 7.19 million (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 55.18% (2025)
- Fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total) — 57.15% (2024)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 88,997 (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons) — 1.42 million (2024)
- Total fisheries production (metric tons) — 1.5 million (2024)
- Rural population growth (annual %) — 0.31% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Other small states's electric power transmission and distribution losses (% of output)?
- 7.82% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is down 8.88 percentage points from 16.7% in 1960. The highest value was 17.85% in 1967 and the lowest 5.58% in 2020.
- Is the latest change in electric power transmission and distribution losses (% of output) unusual for Other small states?
- In 2023, Other small states' electric power transmission and distribution losses (% of output) rose 0.93 percentage points on 2022 (from 6.88% to 7.82%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was −0.05 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.93 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator EG.ELC.LOSS.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), uri: https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-tools/energy-statistics-data-browser, publisher: International Energy Agency (IEA), date accessed: 2025-03-25 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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