Electricity lost in transmission and distribution

LATEST ON WORLD BANK · 2023 · CHECKED 2026-10-04

The share of electricity generated that never reaches a paying customer: lost in the wires, or taken without a meter. In the World Bank’s 2023 data (from the IEA) Iraq’s is the highest of any country — a grid that loses more than it delivers cannot be fixed by adding plants alone.

The record ends 2023; the time axis runs on to 2026-10 so the gap is drawn, not hidden.