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Power effeciency of Zener diode regulator

How to calculate the power efficiency of zener diode regulator?

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Is it correct to calculate it as the ratio of power delivered to load to the total power drawn from input source?

If I am correct, would the efficiency of circuit shown in the schematic below is 0.5% ?

EDIT

The maximum current zener can handle in this case is around 240mA.

Based on this,

$$ \frac{Vin - Vz}{Imax} = \frac{12-3.9}{240} = 32 Ohms $$

Am I correct?

Is efficiency Vout/Vin or Pout/Pin ?

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