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Revenue collected by distribution company

Power · Source: NERC via NBS · monthly

International comparability — CSA: Economic (Energy) · IRES (International Recommendations for Energy Statistics)

Monthly revenue collected from customers by each of Nigeria's electricity distribution companies (DisCos), in Naira million, 2015-2025. Reflects cash collected, typically below the amount billed (the collection gap). Source: Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), via the National Bureau of Statistics.

This series reports monthly revenue collected by Nigeria's 11 distribution companies, in millions of naira, from January 2015 to December 2025. Collections totalled NGN 2,315,380 million (about NGN 2.32 trillion) in 2025, up 36.9% year on year, and reached a monthly high of NGN 212,042 million in December 2025. Over 2015–2025 annual collections grew 8.3-fold. Figures are nominal naira, not adjusted for inflation or exchange rates.

Source: NERC via NBS. Data as of December 2025.

Revenue collected by distribution company: NGN 212,042, December 2025, up 3,252.02 NGN Million on November 2025.

Observations

1,584

January 2015 – December 2025

Coverage

11 institutions

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Revenue collected by distribution company — Abuja (AEDC) was NGN 38,114 in December 2025, against NGN 3,059 in January 2015 — 132 monthly periods.

Latest

NGN 38,114

December 2025

Minimum

NGN 2,831

May 2015

Maximum

NGN 38,114

December 2025

Range

NGN 2,831 – NGN 38,114

lowest – highest observed

Periods

132

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Revenue collected by distribution company132 periods, newest first, for Abuja (AEDC) (NGN Million).
PeriodAbuja (AEDC)NGN Million
December 202538,113.58
November 202535,899.67
October 202534,395.36
September 202531,187.75
August 202529,093.3
July 202530,445.18
June 202530,123.42
May 202528,324.24
April 202530,269.82
March 202531,517.27
February 202531,756.79
January 202524,826.79
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Methodology and provenance

Where this data comes from and when Prism last updated it. Any narrative below is the data provider’s own wording, reproduced with its source reference — Prism adds no interpretation.

Source document

Last updated 3 August 2026

Nigeria Electricity ReportNERC via NBS2015–2025
  • Table 0046 monthly releases

    Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)

    Source: Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)

Methodology

Data is provided by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and reported by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
Source: Nigeria Electricity Report: Energy Billed, Revenue Generated and Customers by DISCOs — Methodology, p.3

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Originator
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)
Publisher
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
Publication
Nigeria Electricity Report 2015-2025
Printed source caption
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)
Publication reference
Catalog 171
Catalog record
Catalog 171
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"Revenue collected by distribution company", NERC via NBS, Nigeria Electricity Report 2015-2025, ref. Catalog 171. Catalogued by Prism, https://prism-portal-sooty.vercel.app/statistics/nbs-elec-revenue-collected-monthly-nga.
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Source: NERC via NBS. Source publication: Nigeria Electricity Report 2015-2025. Publisher: National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Catalogued by Prism; December 2025.