The total number of electricity customers in Nigeria stood at 12.16 million in the fourth quarter of 2025, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown.
The bureau revealed this in its Nigeria electricity report detailing energy bills, revenue generated, and customers by DisCos (Q4 2025), published on Monday.
“Total customer numbers in Q4 2025 stood at 12.16 million, up from 12.03 million in Q3 2025, representing a 1.11 per cent quarter-on-quarter increase,” the NBS said.
On a year-on-year basis, the statistics office said the number of customers declined by 8.52 per cent, from 13.30 million recorded in Q4 2024.
Similarly, it said the number of metered customers reached 6.97 million in Q4 2025, representing a 4.58 per cent increase from 6.66 million recorded in the preceding quarter.
“On a year-on-year basis, metered customers increased by 12.18 per cent, from 6.21 million recorded in Q4 2024.”
In addition, the NBS said the number of estimated customers stood at 5.20 million in Q4 2025, representing a 3.20 per cent decline from 5.37 million in Q3 2025.
On a year-on-year basis, estimated customers decreased by 26.67 per cent, from 7.09 million recorded in Q4 2024.
Revenue
The bureau explained that the revenue collected by the DisCos amounted to ₦630.93 billion in Q4 2025, up from ₦570.26 billion in Q3 2025.
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On a year-on-year basis, the NBS said revenue collection increased by 23.75 per cent, from ₦509.84 billion recorded in Q4 2024.
“Electricity supplied during Q4 2025 was 6,627.56 GWh, compared with 6,158.52 GWh in the preceding quarter, representing a quarter-on-quarter increase of 7.62 per cent.
“On a year-on-year basis, electricity supply increased by 6.76 per cent, from 6,207.85 GWh recorded in Q4 2024,” the report said.
