Subsector data for Energy: Electricity

This page provides a snapshot of infrastructure projects in low and middle income countries by subsector. Projects included are management or lease contracts, concessions, greenfield projects, and divestitures. The database contains more than 4,300 projects dating from 1984 to 2008.

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Highlights

Featured Indicator,1990-2008	Value
Number of countries with private participation	101
Projects reaching financial closure	1322
Region with largest investment share	Latin America and the Caribbean (36%)
Type of PPI with largest share in investment	Greenfield project (58%)
Type of PPI with largest share in projects	Greenfield project (62%)
Projects cancelled or under distress	81 representing 6% of total investment

Number of Projects by Region

Financial Closure Year	East Asia and Pacific	Europe and Central Asia	Latin America and the Caribbean	Middle East and North Africa	South Asia	Sub-Saharan Africa	Total
1990	1	1	1	0	0	1	4
1991	1	0	0	0	1	1	3
1992	5	0	15	0	3	0	23
1993	27	64	16	0	3	3	113
1994	31	1	26	0	4	4	66
1995	22	3	40	0	19	2	86
1996	44	9	42	0	16	4	115
1997	54	8	49	3	5	6	125
1998	11	14	38	1	9	5	78
1999	19	4	30	2	10	7	72
2000	13	10	32	1	10	4	70
2001	20	11	15	4	6	6	62
2002	9	13	31	1	6	3	63
2003	20	9	18	1	7	5	60
2004	17	2	14	3	10	4	50
2005	19	10	19	2	5	11	66
2006	24	11	22	4	20	11	92
2007	28	22	17	3	18	7	95
2008	16	25	11	1	19	7	79
Grand Total	381	217	436	26	171	91	1,322

Investment in Projects by Region (US$ million)

Year of Investment	East Asia and Pacific	Europe and Central Asia	Latin America and the Caribbean	Middle East and North Africa	South Asia	Sub-Saharan Africa	Total Investment
1990	44	68	440	0	0	40	592
1991	379	0	0	0	614	0	992
1992	3,378	0	2,133	0	20	0	5,531
1993	4,978	0	2,621	0	1,051	0	8,649
1994	6,583	1,100	2,566	0	2,075	76	12,400
1995	6,777	1,760	5,450	0	2,779	39	16,806
1996	10,533	2,787	8,604	0	4,079	428	26,430
1997	12,910	945	20,731	4,608	1,444	754	41,393
1998	5,185	384	14,074	1,370	1,291	715	23,020
1999	5,176	373	8,389	675	2,375	537	17,525
2000	2,989	4,365	12,763	150	1,987	435	22,688
2001	3,612	1,052	5,475	1,367	850	658	13,015
2002	1,614	1,371	7,384	30	396	484	11,277
2003	8,081	1,356	5,792	360	843	63	16,495
2004	3,515	250	2,860	1,212	3,853	56	11,746
2005	5,807	3,804	3,821	400	1,120	769	15,720
2006	3,386	1,945	7,181	1,516	5,781	616	20,424
2007	5,794	15,503	9,936	660	11,626	1,192	44,711
2008	7,520	18,251	6,445	104	13,483	522	46,325
Grand Total	98,262	55,313	126,664	12,452	55,667	7,382	355,739

Number of Projects by Type

This table shows the number of Energy - Electricity projects by type of private participation and financial closure year. Most infrastructure projects with private participation fit in one of the four categories indicated in the table. But the boundaries between these categories are not always clear, and some projects have features of more than one category. In these cases projects have been classified in the category that better reflects the risk borne by the private sector. More details are available in the methodology.

Financial Closure Year	Concession	Divestiture	Greenfield project	Management and lease contract	Total
1990	1	2	1	0	4
1991	0	0	2	1	3
1992	0	11	12	0	23
1993	3	79	28	3	113
1994	2	22	40	2	66
1995	6	19	60	1	86
1996	2	34	78	1	115
1997	7	45	72	1	125
1998	3	40	35	0	78
1999	2	22	46	2	72
2000	3	19	45	3	70
2001	6	18	37	1	62
2002	5	11	45	2	63
2003	5	7	40	8	60
2004	2	8	37	3	50
2005	3	12	49	2	66
2006	2	14	72	4	92
2007	2	28	65	0	95
2008	1	17	61	0	79
Grand Total	55	408	825	34	1,322

Investment in Projects by Type (US$ million)

This table reports investment in Energy - Electricity projects by type of private participation and year of investment. Most infrastructure projects with private participation fit in one of these four categories. But the boundaries between these categories are not always clear, and some projects have features of more than one category. In these cases projects have been classified in the category that better reflects the risk borne by the private sector. More details are available in the methodology.

Year of Investment	Concession	Divestiture	Greenfield project	Management and lease contract	Total
1990	40	484	68	0	592
1991	0	129	864	0	992
1992	0	3,203	2,328	0	5,531
1993	233	2,468	5,949	0	8,649
1994	42	3,306	9,052	0	12,400
1995	326	3,559	12,916	5	16,806
1996	220	9,645	16,561	4	26,430
1997	5,051	20,619	15,723	0	41,393
1998	1,409	12,039	9,573	0	23,020
1999	506	5,506	11,513	0	17,525
2000	441	7,796	14,451	1	22,688
2001	1,539	3,771	7,705	0	13,015
2002	453	2,890	7,934	0	11,277
2003	29	4,538	11,929	0	16,495
2004	68	4,906	6,558	214	11,746
2005	382	4,174	11,160	3	15,720
2006	564	5,777	14,084	0	20,424
2007	182	22,660	21,869	0	44,711
2008	19	19,664	26,642	0	46,325
Grand Total	11,501	137,134	206,877	227	355,739

Projects by Region and Type

This table summarizes the number of Energy - Electricity projects by region and type of private participation. More details are available in the methodology.

Region	Concession	Divestiture	Greenfield project	Management and lease contract	Total
East Asia and Pacific	19	73	287	2	381
Europe and Central Asia	6	162	37	12	217
Latin America and the Caribbean	7	149	277	3	436
Middle East and North Africa	5	3	18	0	26
South Asia	1	14	156	0	171
Sub-Saharan Africa	17	7	50	17	91
Grand Total	55	408	825	34	1,322

Investment in Projects by Region and Type (US$ million)

Region	Concession	Divestiture	Greenfield project	Management and lease contract	Total
East Asia and Pacific	1,743	17,949	78,570	0	98,262
Europe and Central Asia	422	38,226	16,653	12	55,313
Latin America and the Caribbean	808	75,099	50,547	210	126,664
Middle East and North Africa	6,607	224	5,621	0	12,452
South Asia	22	4,341	51,303	0	55,667
Sub-Saharan Africa	1,899	1,294	4,184	5	7,382
Grand Total	11,501	137,134	206,877	227	355,739

Projects by Segment and Region

Segment	East Asia and Pacific	Europe and Central Asia	Latin America and the Caribbean	Middle East and North Africa	South Asia	Sub-Saharan Africa	Total
Electricity distribution	2	48	52	5	8	7	122
Electricity distribution and generation	0	4	10	0	3	3	20
Electricity distribution and transmission	0	0	3	0	0	3	6
Electricity distribution, generation, and transmission	10	66	18	0	2	18	114
Electricity generation	367	96	303	21	154	60	1,001
Electricity generation and transmission	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Electricity transmission	1	3	50	0	4	0	58
Total	381	217	436	26	171	91	1,322

Investment in Projects by Segment and Region (US$ million)

This table summarizes investment to Energy - Electricity projects that meet the private participation criteria by segment and region. More details are available in the methodology.

Segment	East Asia and Pacific	Europe and Central Asia	Latin America and the Caribbean	Middle East and North Africa	South Asia	Sub-Saharan Africa	Total
Electricity distribution	2,551	6,783	30,813	5,211	1,044	92	46,494
Electricity distribution and generation	0	72	8,578	0	26	74	8,749
Electricity distribution and transmission	0	0	4,763	0	0	274	5,037
Electricity distribution, generation, and transmission	1,729	2,808	11,495	0	884	1,344	18,261
Electricity generation	93,847	45,605	62,426	7,241	52,468	5,599	267,187
Electricity generation and transmission	20	0	0	0	0	0	20
Electricity transmission	113	45	8,588	0	1,244	0	9,991
Total	98,262	55,313	126,664	12,452	55,667	7,382	355,739

Projects and Investment by Segment and Type

Segment	Concession	Divestiture	Greenfield project	Management and lease contract	Total
Electricity distribution	11	98	1	12	122
Electricity distribution and generation	3	13	2	2	20
Electricity distribution and transmission	1	4	0	1	6
Electricity distribution, generation, and transmission	11	91	1	11	114
Electricity generation	27	189	778	7	1,001
Electricity generation and transmission	1	0	0	0	1
Electricity transmission	1	13	43	1	58
Total	55	408	825	34	1,322

Investment in Projects by Segment and Type (US$ million)

Segment	Concession	Divestiture	Greenfield project	Management and lease contract	Total
Electricity distribution	5,598	40,871	7	17	46,494
Electricity distribution and generation	90	8,637	23	0	8,749
Electricity distribution and transmission	0	5,037	0	0	5,037
Electricity distribution, generation, and transmission	1,366	16,884	6	5	18,261
Electricity generation	4,122	63,059	199,801	205	267,187
Electricity generation and transmission	20	0	0	0	20
Electricity transmission	305	2,645	7,041	0	9,991
Total	11,501	137,134	206,877	227	355,739

Canceled or Under Distress Projects and Investment by Region (US$ million)

region	Type of PPI	Project Count	Total Investment
East Asia and Pacific	Greenfield project	14	5,006
Total East Asia and Pacific		14	5,006
Europe and Central Asia	Concession	3	375
	Divestiture	5	380
	Greenfield project	2	243
	Management and lease contract	1	0
Total Europe and Central Asia		11	998
Latin America and the Caribbean	Concession	1	360
	Divestiture	28	9,621
	Greenfield project	12	3,129
	Management and lease contract	1	0
Total Latin America and the Caribbean		42	13,110
South Asia	Divestiture	1	29
	Greenfield project	2	2,800
Total South Asia		3	2,829
Sub-Saharan Africa	Concession	5	504
	Divestiture	1	0
	Greenfield project	2	325
	Management and lease contract	3	0
Total Sub-Saharan Africa		11	829
Grand Total	..	81	22,773

Note for Subsector and Segment data

Totals in subsector and segment columns may exceed actual numbers. See frequently asked questions.


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