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Source: EIA

Last Updated: Jul 14, 2021

Based on a comparison of 175 countries in 2019, China ranked the highest in Electricity Distribution Losses (kWh) with 24.3 billion kilowatthours followed by USA and India. On the other end of the scale was Djibouti with 0.008 billion kilowatthours, Guinea Bissau with < 0.001 billion kilowatthours and Comoros with < 0.001 billion kilowatthours.

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Afghanistan	billion kilowatthours
Albania	billion kilowatthours
Algeria	billion kilowatthours
Angola	billion kilowatthours
Argentina	billion kilowatthours
Armenia	billion kilowatthours
Australia	billion kilowatthours
Austria	billion kilowatthours
Azerbaijan	billion kilowatthours
Bahamas	billion kilowatthours
Bahrain	billion kilowatthours
Bangladesh	billion kilowatthours
Belarus	billion kilowatthours
Belgium	billion kilowatthours
Belize	billion kilowatthours
Benin	billion kilowatthours
Bhutan	billion kilowatthours
Bolivia	billion kilowatthours
Bosnia and Herzegovina	billion kilowatthours
Botswana	billion kilowatthours
Brazil	billion kilowatthours
Brunei	billion kilowatthours
Bulgaria	billion kilowatthours
Burkina Faso	billion kilowatthours
Burundi	billion kilowatthours
Cambodia	billion kilowatthours
Cameroon	billion kilowatthours
Canada	billion kilowatthours
Cayman Islands	billion kilowatthours
Central African Republic	billion kilowatthours
Chad	billion kilowatthours
Chile	billion kilowatthours
China	billion kilowatthours
Colombia	billion kilowatthours
Comoros	billion kilowatthours
Congo	billion kilowatthours
Costa Rica	billion kilowatthours
Croatia	billion kilowatthours
Cuba	billion kilowatthours
Cyprus	billion kilowatthours
Czechia	billion kilowatthours
Dem. People's Republic of Korea	billion kilowatthours
Dem. Republic of the Congo	billion kilowatthours
Denmark	billion kilowatthours
Djibouti	billion kilowatthours
Dominican Republic	billion kilowatthours
Ecuador	billion kilowatthours
Egypt	billion kilowatthours
El Salvador	billion kilowatthours
Equatorial Guinea	billion kilowatthours
Eritrea	billion kilowatthours
Estonia	billion kilowatthours
Ethiopia	billion kilowatthours
European Union	billion kilowatthours
Fiji	billion kilowatthours
Finland	billion kilowatthours
France	billion kilowatthours
Gabon	billion kilowatthours
Gambia	billion kilowatthours
Georgia	billion kilowatthours
Germany	billion kilowatthours
Ghana	billion kilowatthours
Greece	billion kilowatthours
Guatemala	billion kilowatthours
Guinea	billion kilowatthours
Guinea Bissau	billion kilowatthours
Guyana	billion kilowatthours
Haiti	billion kilowatthours
Honduras	billion kilowatthours
Hong Kong	billion kilowatthours
Hungary	billion kilowatthours
Iceland	billion kilowatthours
India	billion kilowatthours
Indonesia	billion kilowatthours
Iraq	billion kilowatthours
Iran	billion kilowatthours
Ireland	billion kilowatthours
Israel	billion kilowatthours
Italy	billion kilowatthours
Ivory Coast	billion kilowatthours
Jamaica	billion kilowatthours
Japan	billion kilowatthours
Jordan	billion kilowatthours
Kazakhstan	billion kilowatthours
Kenya	billion kilowatthours
Kuwait	billion kilowatthours
Kyrgyzstan	billion kilowatthours
Laos	billion kilowatthours
Latvia	billion kilowatthours
Lebanon	billion kilowatthours
Lesotho	billion kilowatthours
Liberia	billion kilowatthours
Libya	billion kilowatthours
Lithuania	billion kilowatthours
Luxembourg	billion kilowatthours
Macao	billion kilowatthours
Macedonia	billion kilowatthours
Madagascar	billion kilowatthours
Malawi	billion kilowatthours
Malaysia	billion kilowatthours
Maldives	billion kilowatthours
Mali	billion kilowatthours
Malta	billion kilowatthours
Mauritania	billion kilowatthours
Mauritius	billion kilowatthours
Mexico	billion kilowatthours
Moldova	billion kilowatthours
Mongolia	billion kilowatthours
Montenegro	billion kilowatthours
Morocco	billion kilowatthours
Mozambique	billion kilowatthours
Myanmar	billion kilowatthours
Namibia	billion kilowatthours
Nepal	billion kilowatthours
Netherlands	billion kilowatthours
New Zealand	billion kilowatthours
Nicaragua	billion kilowatthours
Niger	billion kilowatthours
Nigeria	billion kilowatthours
Norway	billion kilowatthours
Oman	billion kilowatthours
Pakistan	billion kilowatthours
Palestine	billion kilowatthours
Panama	billion kilowatthours
Papua New Guinea	billion kilowatthours
Paraguay	billion kilowatthours
Peru	billion kilowatthours
Philippines	billion kilowatthours
Poland	billion kilowatthours
Portugal	billion kilowatthours
Puerto Rico	billion kilowatthours
Qatar	billion kilowatthours
Romania	billion kilowatthours
Russia	billion kilowatthours
Rwanda	billion kilowatthours
Saudi Arabia	billion kilowatthours
Senegal	billion kilowatthours
Serbia	billion kilowatthours
Seychelles	billion kilowatthours
Sierra Leone	billion kilowatthours
Singapore	billion kilowatthours
Slovakia	billion kilowatthours
Slovenia	billion kilowatthours
Somalia	billion kilowatthours
South Africa	billion kilowatthours
South Korea	billion kilowatthours
South Sudan	billion kilowatthours
Spain	billion kilowatthours
Sri Lanka	billion kilowatthours
Sudan	billion kilowatthours
Suriname	billion kilowatthours
Swaziland	billion kilowatthours
Sweden	billion kilowatthours
Switzerland	billion kilowatthours
Syria	billion kilowatthours
Taiwan	billion kilowatthours
Tajikistan	billion kilowatthours
Tanzania	billion kilowatthours
Thailand	billion kilowatthours
Togo	billion kilowatthours
Trinidad and Tobago	billion kilowatthours
Tunisia	billion kilowatthours
Turkey	billion kilowatthours
Turkmenistan	billion kilowatthours
Uganda	billion kilowatthours
Ukraine	billion kilowatthours
United Arab Emirates	billion kilowatthours
United Kingdom	billion kilowatthours
USA	billion kilowatthours
Uruguay	billion kilowatthours
Uzbekistan	billion kilowatthours
Venezuela	billion kilowatthours
Vietnam	billion kilowatthours
Yemen	billion kilowatthours
Zambia	billion kilowatthours
Zimbabwe	billion kilowatthours
World	billion kilowatthours

2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
													0.077	0.081	0.082	0.085	0.088		...
													3.31	2.78	2.20	1.99	1.88
													11.0	11.0	11.2	10.7	10.9		...
													0.926	1.07	1.08	1.17	1.21		...
													22.3	17.8	17.9	20.4	23.0
													0.949	0.929	0.812	0.706	0.668
													13.4	11.1	13.0	16.4	13.2
													3.54	3.41	3.47	3.34	3.46
													3.28	3.36	2.87	2.35	2.25		...
													0.124	0.127	0.132	0.130	0.131		...
													1.35	1.07	0.674	0.686	1.42		...
													7.03	6.82	7.12	7.19	7.72		...
													3.34	3.19	2.92	2.88	2.87
													4.01	3.79	3.82	3.88	3.85
													0.066	0.065	0.069	0.068	0.070		...
													0.229	0.232	0.277	0.288	0.297		...
													0.082	0.081	0.066	0.066	0.065		...
													0.728	0.805	0.815	0.934	1.04
													1.45	1.32	1.39	1.36	1.35		...
													0.340	0.255	0.529	0.564	0.579		...
													95.0	93.2	93.1	98.3	97.6
													0.409	0.289	0.269	0.243	0.481		...
													3.90	4.01	3.79	3.58	3.48
													0.047	0.058	0.067	0.066	0.074		...
													0.012	0.013	0.013	0.013	0.020		...
													0.499	0.717	0.810	0.936	1.33		...
													1.88	2.11	1.66	1.29	1.54		...
													26.0	29.3	33.3	32.5	35.4
													0.040	0.037	0.038	0.040	0.040
													0.010	0.012	0.012	0.012	0.011		...
													0.015	0.015	0.015	0.016	0.016		...
													4.89	4.36	3.71	2.87	4.18
													314	310	299	306	320
													5.26	5.85	7.12	7.00	5.56
													0.004	0.004	0.004	0.004	0.006		...
													0.814	0.827	1.23	1.36	1.32		...
													1.08	1.11	1.16	1.13	1.10
													1.94	1.76	1.80	1.81	1.77
													2.94	2.96	3.14	3.12	3.18		...
													0.186	0.173	0.215	0.263	0.228
													4.10	3.85	4.07	4.08	4.38
													2.90	2.83	2.17	2.68	2.36		...
													0.467	1.90	1.26	1.22	1.44		...
													1.91	1.97	1.77	1.87	1.68
													0.029	0.007	0.012	0.006	0.004		...
													2.22	2.16	2.28	2.39	2.47		...
													3.06	3.17	3.34	3.50	3.52
													24.2	20.7	27.3	36.3	32.0		...
													0.455	0.654	0.656	0.820	0.813
													0.146	0.180	0.190	0.192	0.090		...
													0.042	0.043	0.044	0.045	0.048		...
													0.903	0.842	0.697	0.723	0.779
													1.66	2.15	2.09	2.60	2.95		...
													275	264	268	267	265		...
													0.062	0.064	0.067	0.067	0.073		...
													2.60	2.77	2.44	2.59	2.77
													38.8	34.5	36.1	37.5	38.6
													0.454	0.452	0.476	0.518	0.321		...
													0.017	0.019	0.020	0.021	0.021		...
													0.805	0.600	0.711	0.784	0.904
													24.5	24.2	25.6	25.8	27.0
													2.75	2.91	2.41	1.86	1.92		...
													3.90	4.15	4.90	3.96	1.10
													1.32	1.38	1.34	1.43	1.52
													0.045	0.049	0.112	0.156	0.174		...
													0.002	0.002	0.002	0.003	0.003		...
													0.230	0.215	0.219	0.224	0.225		...
													0.599	0.613	0.608	0.617	0.624		...
													2.67	2.89	3.00	3.14	3.00		...
													1.88	1.94	1.78	1.77	1.71
													3.66	3.63	3.70	3.57	3.46
													0.374	0.498	0.576	0.489	0.591
													223	229	241	249	259
													20.7	21.4	22.1	22.7	21.5
													23.3	34.3	37.5	49.0	52.8		...
													38.0	34.6	41.6	33.5	33.7
													2.02	2.03	2.08	2.14	2.18
													2.57	1.74	2.47	2.54	2.39		...
													21.2	19.5	19.7	18.8	18.7
													1.68	1.19	1.74	2.10	1.63		...
													1.10	1.10	1.10	1.16	1.15		...
													47.5	43.3	40.6	45.6	40.6
													1.79	1.96	2.19	2.07	2.03		...
													11.2	7.08	5.17	5.34	6.41
													1.60	1.62	1.64	1.97	1.94
													7.73	8.20	8.70	9.23	9.79		...
													2.84	3.46	2.67	2.66	2.84
													0.910	1.11	2.57	1.86	2.25		...
													0.575	0.465	0.451	0.476	0.474
													1.65	1.88	1.88	1.97	2.26		...
													0.036	0.036	0.037	0.037	0.038		...
													0.020	0.020	0.020	0.026	0.026		...
													7.22	7.19	7.13	6.33	6.68		...
													0.872	0.815	0.793	0.907	0.914
													0.153	0.153	0.158	0.158	0.156
													0.140	0.166	0.124	0.158	0.139
													1.15	1.07	1.04	1.01	1.00
													0.130	0.138	0.144	0.152	0.155		...
													0.147	0.154	0.154	0.153	0.146		...
													5.31	12.8	10.4	10.8	11.3		...
													0.028	0.035	0.039	0.042	0.042		...
													0.318	0.339	0.288	0.307	0.321		...
													0.187	0.132	0.179	0.216	0.144
													0.066	0.069	0.080	0.078	0.068		...
													0.184	0.182	0.177	0.172	0.187		...
													42.5	41.3	40.6	40.0	43.9
													0.591	0.648	0.554	0.581	0.573
													0.740	0.793	0.783	0.817	0.811		...
...	...	...	...	...	...								0.758	0.689	0.586	0.541	0.512		...
													4.92	5.20	5.52	5.65	6.07		...
													2.65	2.61	2.60	2.48	2.48		...
													2.64	2.90	2.57	2.39	2.88		...
													0.369	0.546	0.340	0.504	0.445		...
													1.16	1.22	1.31	1.43	1.44		...
													5.13	4.93	5.26	5.43	5.41
													2.90	2.84	2.90	2.96	2.95
													0.643	0.926	1.08	1.05	0.996		...
													0.149	0.185	0.209	0.208	0.218		...
													4.34	4.84	4.87	5.04	5.17		...
													8.06	7.61	7.47	9.17	9.15
													2.87	3.17	3.17	3.25	3.32		...
													16.9	17.6	17.2	23.6	21.1		...
...													0.527	0.633	0.711	0.721	0.735		...
													1.22	1.31	1.39	1.51	1.45		...
													0.239	0.253	0.263	0.271	0.270		...
													3.49	3.40	3.59	3.82	4.00		...
													4.56	5.02	5.32	5.50	5.54
													7.74	7.27	7.48	8.29	8.26
													10.2	10.3	10.5	9.50	10.00
													5.46	5.21	4.90	4.90	5.10
													2.91	2.90	3.07	2.99	2.55		...
													2.16	2.34	2.48	2.53	2.70		...
													7.02	7.10	7.16	7.13	6.99
													107	107	107	107	105
													0.028	0.032	0.036	0.048	0.053		...
													20.0	21.1	25.3	26.2	32.4		...
													0.593	0.600	0.631	0.670	0.672		...
...	...	...	...	...	...								5.50	5.16	5.17	4.81	4.81		...
													0.029	0.029	0.031	0.029	0.030		...
													0.011	0.013	0.014	0.015	0.015		...
													1.10	1.00	0.889	0.984	0.652
													0.760	0.667	1.36	1.33	1.26
													0.848	0.821	0.864	0.876	0.893
													0.023	0.023	0.023	0.024	0.024		...
													21.5	20.9	19.9	21.4	21.4
													18.3	18.3	18.0	18.5	18.8
...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...		0.027	0.028	0.027	0.021	0.024		...
													26.7	26.4	26.5	26.7	23.8
													1.20	1.43	0.925	0.997	0.827		...
													1.71	3.46	4.05	4.07	4.26		...
													0.197	0.190	0.236	0.230	0.225		...
													0.053	0.051	0.047	0.040	0.041		...
													10.0	7.34	6.99	8.57	9.50
													4.68	4.67	4.54	4.46	4.56
													3.51	3.27	2.63	2.86	2.42		...
													7.25	8.96	8.15	8.69	8.83
													2.53	2.80	2.67	2.75	2.88
													1.14	1.14	1.12	1.22	1.23		...
													10.3	10.5	11.8	12.2	11.9		...
													0.183	0.384	0.169	0.200	0.171		...
													0.234	0.228	0.221	0.231	0.252		...
													2.71	2.84	3.17	3.05	3.51		...
													37.1	37.3	36.5	35.6	34.7
													2.39	2.55	2.90	2.90	2.90		...
													0.714	0.634	0.594	0.656	0.609		...
													20.7	19.6	17.4	16.6	16.8
													6.81	7.21	7.88	8.02	8.22		...
													26.6	27.4	28.6	26.4	26.8
													256	244	244	241	226
													1.28	1.25	1.49	1.61	1.69
													9.17	9.20	9.02	9.10	9.83		...
													25.6	42.7	40.4	33.5	33.2		...
													11.5	12.9	12.5	13.3	13.9		...
													2.19	1.92	1.55	1.24	1.02		...
													1.14	2.16	1.28	1.90	1.64		...
													1.70	1.65	1.65	1.60	1.73		...
													1,884	1,890	1,911	1,956	1,971		...

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