DEFINITION
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.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1 United States :
265,180,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#2 India :
175,535,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#3 China :
138,957,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#4 Russia :
112,591,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#5 Brazil :
65,273,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#6 Japan :
48,862,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#7 Canada :
39,256,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#8 Mexico :
35,501,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#9 Germany :
34,185,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#10 France :
32,100,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#11 United Kingdom :
32,035,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#12 Iran :
27,762,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#13 Ukraine :
27,312,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#14 Venezuela :
26,366,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#15 Spain :
24,070,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#16 Turkey :
23,243,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#17 Pakistan :
21,069,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#18 Italy :
20,868,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#19 Indonesia :
16,110,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#20 Argentina :
15,445,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#21 South Africa :
14,710,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#22 Australia :
14,611,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#23 Poland :
14,354,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#24 Korea, South :
12,794,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#25 Egypt :
12,315,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#26 Saudi Arabia :
11,843,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#27 Sweden :
10,933,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#28 Kazakhstan :
10,408,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#29 Thailand :
9,981,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#30 Colombia :
9,703,999,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#31 Norway :
8,856,001,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#32 Syria :
7,596,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#33 Philippines :
7,227,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#34 Nigeria :
6,809,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#35 Romania :
6,073,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#36 Libya :
5,740,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#37 Serbia and Montenegro :
5,633,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#38 New Zealand :
5,518,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#39 Ecuador :
5,267,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#40 Greece :
5,218,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#41 Bulgaria :
5,092,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#42 Czech Republic :
5,084,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#43 Algeria :
4,976,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#44 Vietnam :
4,829,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#45 Hong Kong :
4,657,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#46 Kyrgyzstan :
4,575,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#47 Uzbekistan :
4,500,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#48 Kuwait :
4,474,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#49 Dominican Republic :
4,369,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#50 Netherlands :
4,323,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#51 Chile :
4,164,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#52 Malaysia :
4,095,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#53 Portugal :
4,057,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#54 Belgium :
4,046,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#55 Hungary :
3,980,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#56 Switzerland :
3,972,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#57 Belarus :
3,579,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#58 Korea, North :
3,473,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#59 United Arab Emirates :
3,466,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#60 Morocco :
3,116,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#61 Austria :
3,034,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#62 Finland :
2,959,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#63 Azerbaijan :
2,762,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#64 Tajikistan :
2,561,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#65 Cuba :
2,418,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#66 Peru :
2,359,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#67 Croatia :
2,224,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#68 Paraguay :
2,202,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#69 Singapore :
2,167,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#70 Ireland :
2,044,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#71 Bangladesh :
2,038,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#72 Albania :
2,028,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#73 Iraq :
2,019,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#74 Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,994,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#75 Uruguay :
1,807,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#76 Denmark :
1,789,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#77 Oman :
1,779,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#78 Lebanon :
1,561,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#79 Tunisia :
1,543,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#80 Turkmenistan :
1,521,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#81 Zimbabwe :
1,472,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#82 Israel :
1,383,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#83 Macedonia, Republic of :
1,377,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#84 Moldova :
1,376,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#85 Sri Lanka :
1,346,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#86 Slovakia :
1,318,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#87 Lithuania :
1,273,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#88 Burma :
1,256,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#89 Mozambique :
1,187,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#90 Jordan :
1,179,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#91 Estonia :
1,112,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#92 Honduras :
1,107,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#93 Georgia :
1,079,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#94 Yemen :
977,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#95 Panama :
976,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#96 Kenya :
968,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#97 Armenia :
956,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#98 Qatar :
916,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#99 Ghana :
890,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#100 Latvia :
885,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#101 Costa Rica :
881,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#102 Slovenia :
850,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#103 Côte d'Ivoire :
847,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#104 Cameroon :
790,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#105 Jamaica :
731,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#106 Nicaragua :
689,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#107 Bahrain :
676,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#108 Sudan :
607,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#109 Tanzania :
578,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#110 El Salvador :
575,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#111 Bolivia :
514,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#112 Nepal :
457,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#113 Iceland :
382,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#114 Trinidad and Tobago :
368,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#115 Senegal :
346,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#116 Zambia :
338,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#117 Angola :
325,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#118 Namibia :
304,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#119 Congo, Republic of the :
293,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#120 Malta :
291,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#121 Haiti :
291,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#122 Gabon :
273,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#123 Guatemala :
264,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#124 Ethiopia :
254,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#125 Cyprus :
213,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#126 Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
211,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#127 Botswana :
131,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#128 Netherlands Antilles :
123,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#129 Brunei :
121,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#130 Benin :
114,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#131 Togo :
89,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
#132 Luxembourg :
48,000,000 million kWh
2004 ...
Total :
1,530,953,000,000 million kWh
Weighted average:
11,598,128,787.9 million kWh
DEFINITION: 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.
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