Electric Power Distribution & Transmission Losses (As % of Output) fell 0.053% to 5.28% in Madagascar in 2022

Electric Power Distribution & Transmission Losses (As % of Output) (%), 2022
October 1, 2025
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Electric power distribution & transmission losses as a share of output fell 0.053% to 5.28% in Madagascar in 2022, according to World Bank / EIA.

Historically, electric power distribution & transmission losses as a share of output in Madagascar reached an all time high of 5.87% in 2016 and an all time low of 3.27% in 1990. When compared to Madagascar's main peers, electric power distribution & transmission losses as a share of output in Mozambique amounted to 17.3%, 10.2% in South Africa, 26.4% in Swaziland and 18.6% in Tanzania in 2022.

Madagascar has been ranked 118th within the group of 147 countries we follow in terms of electric power distribution & transmission losses as a share of output, 16 places above the position seen 10 years ago.

Electric Power Distribution & Transmission Losses (As % of Output) Unit 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Botswana % 19.1% 14.8% 19.5% 30.6% 23.8% ...
Kenya % 18.7% 21.6% 23.8% 23.9% 22.9%
Lesotho % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Madagascar % 4.81% 4.40% 5.32% 5.30% 5.28% ...
Malawi % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Mozambique % 14.8% 15.5% 14.6% 14.5% 15.5% ...
Namibia % 25.4% 24.2% 19.8% 15.5% 26.9% ...
South Africa % 8.40% 8.87% 9.07% 10.5% 10.2% ...
Swaziland % 28.4% 37.4% 39.7% 27.2% 27.1% ...
Tanzania % 16.4% 14.5% 14.0% 14.2% 13.7% ...
Uganda % 19.5% 22.7% 17.8% 19.2% 19.6% ...
Zambia % 11.6% 10.7% 7.69% 14.2% 13.3% ...