Nigeria · Statistic
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.
Observations
1,584
January 2015 – December 2025
Coverage
11 institutions
institution
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Displayed series · 132 monthly periods · January 2015 – December 202512 disco
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
published points
Showing the latest 12 of 132 periods. The downloads carry every observation.
| Period | Abuja (AEDC)NGN Million |
|---|---|
| December 2025 | 38,113.58 |
| November 2025 | 35,899.67 |
| October 2025 | 34,395.36 |
| September 2025 | 31,187.75 |
| August 2025 | 29,093.3 |
| July 2025 | 30,445.18 |
| June 2025 | 30,123.42 |
| May 2025 | 28,324.24 |
| April 2025 | 30,269.82 |
| March 2025 | 31,517.27 |
| February 2025 | 31,756.79 |
| January 2025 | 24,826.79 |
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Source document
Last updated 3 August 2026
- 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)
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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
"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.