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IEA power transmission and distribution losses
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- 2000Kenya 21.62%, Tanzania 21.85%, Uganda 39.26%
- 2005Kenya 17.93%, Tanzania 15.08%, Uganda 39.05%
- 2010Kenya 14.92%, Tanzania 19.67%, Uganda 28.16%
- 2015Kenya 16.86%, Tanzania 17.13%, Uganda 20.17%
- 2019Kenya 23.80%, Tanzania 13.27%, Uganda 17.82%
- 2020Kenya 23.88%, Tanzania 13.42%, Uganda 19.17%
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IEA power transmission and distribution losses
The IEA compiles the series from national energy statistics. Losses are expressed as a share of national electricity output. The table keeps each available observation from 2000 through 2024. The chart shows six countries with a 2024 figure.
| Source | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2000 | 9.98 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2001 | 9.99 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2002 | 9.98 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2003 | 10.02 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2004 | 10.0 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2005 | 10.02 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2006 | 10.0 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2007 | 10.01 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2008 | 12.81 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2009 | 17.91 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2010 | 22.71 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2011 | 24.49 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2012 | 22.91 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2013 | 19.01 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2014 | 22.57 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2015 | 19.96 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2016 | 20.68 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2017 | 22.2 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2018 | 21.77 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2019 | 21.28 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2020 | 19.28 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2021 | 23.01 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2022 | 20.69 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2023 | 20.7 | Source 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2024 | 20.7 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2000 | 21.62 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2001 | 20.97 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2002 | 22.54 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2003 | 18.87 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2004 | 17.96 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2005 | 17.93 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2006 | 18.11 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2007 | 17.1 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2008 | 16.04 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2009 | 15.69 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2010 | 14.92 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2011 | 15.28 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2012 | 17.6 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2013 | 17.08 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2014 | 18.4 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2015 | 16.86 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2016 | 19.15 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2017 | 18.7 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2018 | 21.64 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2019 | 23.8 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2020 | 23.88 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2021 | 22.87 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2022 | 22.85 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2023 | 24.16 | Source 1 |
| Kenya | 2024 | 25.76 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2000 | 31.14 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2001 | 36 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2002 | 35.09 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2003 | 33.33 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2004 | 35.62 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2005 | 29.32 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2006 | 24.81 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2007 | 26.19 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2008 | 25.96 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2009 | 24.04 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2010 | 25.78 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2011 | 24.71 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2012 | 24.94 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2013 | 25.47 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2014 | 24.47 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2015 | 23.53 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2016 | 23.56 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2017 | 19.63 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2018 | 19.38 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2019 | 19.49 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2020 | 19.66 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2021 | 18.91 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2022 | 17.31 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2023 | 18.27 | Source 1 |
| Rwanda | 2024 | 14.91 | Source 1 |
| South Sudan | 2012 | 5.84 | Source 1 |
| South Sudan | 2013 | 5.72 | Source 1 |
| South Sudan | 2014 | 5.62 | Source 1 |
| South Sudan | 2015 | 4.67 | Source 1 |
| South Sudan | 2016 | 4.58 | Source 1 |
| South Sudan | 2017 | 4.24 | Source 1 |
| South Sudan | 2018 | 4.07 | Source 1 |
| South Sudan | 2019 | 4.1 | Source 1 |
| South Sudan | 2020 | 4.08 | Source 1 |
| South Sudan | 2021 | 4.07 | Source 1 |
| South Sudan | 2022 | 3.66 | Source 1 |
| South Sudan | 2023 | 4.24 | Source 1 |
| South Sudan | 2024 | 4.22 | Source 1 |
| Tanzania | 2000 | 21.85 | Source 1 |
| Tanzania | 2001 | 23.94 | Source 1 |
| Tanzania | 2002 | 16.19 | Source 1 |
| Tanzania | 2003 | 8.58 | Source 1 |
| Tanzania | 2004 | 11.82 | Source 1 |
| Tanzania | 2005 | 15.08 | Source 1 |
| Tanzania | 2006 | 26.37 | Source 1 |
| Tanzania | 2007 | 21.64 | Source 1 |
| Tanzania | 2008 | 18.61 | Source 1 |
| Tanzania | 2009 | 35.14 | Source 1 |
| Tanzania | 2010 | 19.67 | Source 1 |
| Tanzania | 2011 | 22.46 | Source 1 |
| Tanzania | 2012 | 18.51 | Source 1 |
| Tanzania | 2013 | 19.06 | Source 1 |
| Tanzania | 2014 | 18.12 | Source 1 |
| Tanzania | 2015 | 17.13 | Source 1 |
| Tanzania | 2016 | 17.93 | Source 1 |
| Tanzania | 2017 | 16.41 | Source 1 |
| Tanzania | 2018 | 14.54 | Source 1 |
| Tanzania | 2019 | 13.27 | Source 1 |
| Tanzania | 2020 | 13.42 | Source 1 |
| Tanzania | 2021 | 12.89 | Source 1 |
| Tanzania | 2022 | 17.6 | Source 1 |
| Tanzania | 2023 | 16.78 | Source 1 |
| Tanzania | 2024 | 12.39 | Source 1 |
| Uganda | 2000 | 39.26 | Source 1 |
| Uganda | 2001 | 39.23 | Source 1 |
| Uganda | 2002 | 39.16 | Source 1 |
| Uganda | 2003 | 39.03 | Source 1 |
| Uganda | 2004 | 38.67 | Source 1 |
| Uganda | 2005 | 39.05 | Source 1 |
| Uganda | 2006 | 40.26 | Source 1 |
| Uganda | 2007 | 39.98 | Source 1 |
| Uganda | 2008 | 30.02 | Source 1 |
| Uganda | 2009 | 33.65 | Source 1 |
| Uganda | 2010 | 28.16 | Source 1 |
| Uganda | 2011 | 28.66 | Source 1 |
| Uganda | 2012 | 28.25 | Source 1 |
| Uganda | 2013 | 27.91 | Source 1 |
| Uganda | 2014 | 23.99 | Source 1 |
| Uganda | 2015 | 20.17 | Source 1 |
| Uganda | 2016 | 19.86 | Source 1 |
| Uganda | 2017 | 19.53 | Source 1 |
| Uganda | 2018 | 22.71 | Source 1 |
| Uganda | 2019 | 17.82 | Source 1 |
| Uganda | 2020 | 19.17 | Source 1 |
| Uganda | 2021 | 19.62 | Source 1 |
| Uganda | 2022 | 19.33 | Source 1 |
| Uganda | 2023 | 18.93 | Source 1 |
| Uganda | 2024 | 19.38 | Source 1 |