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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
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
= 120
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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