Figure 20： Share of utility-scale deployment per year vs import data

In 2025, distributed solar accounted for at least 44% of installations according to GSC market Distributed solar is much harder to track than traditional projects, as the data is mostly scattered and sparse. Most African countries suffer from a lack of data for their policies, and limited both South Africa and Nigeria. While distributed solar has been accounted for some countries, granularity where it does exist. This is something that needs to be tackled for more effective it does not pretend to be accurate: it rather shows the phenomenon that is distributed solar, as deployment of resources and better planning.