Nigeria’s non-oil export sector achieved important development in 2025, reaching a complete worth of $6.1 billion.
This marks an 11.5% improve from the $5.4 billion recorded in 2024, highlighting the nation’s continued progress in diversifying its financial system away from oil dependence.
The figures have been disclosed by the Government Director and CEO of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Nonye Ayeni, throughout her annual progress report and 2026 export outlook briefing in Abuja on Monday.
The milestone displays each elevated export volumes and increasing market entry for Nigerian merchandise, signaling stronger integration into international commerce networks.
What the NEPC is saying
Information from pre-shipment inspection businesses, as cited by NEPC, verify the record-breaking efficiency within the non-oil export sector.
“The non-oil export sector rose to roughly 6.1 billion U.S. {dollars}, representing a year-on-year development of about 11.5 per cent over and above the 5.4 billion U.S. {dollars} recorded in 2024,” Ayeni stated.
She added that this represents the best worth ever recorded for Nigeria’s formal non-oil exports for the reason that NEPC was established almost 50 years in the past, surpassing final yr’s file.
The NEPC boss added that the rise additionally displays development in export volumes, with whole non-oil exports reaching 8.02 million metric tonnes in 2025, in contrast with 7.29 million metric tonnes in 2024—a ten per cent improve.
What it’s best to know
The 2025 figures present Nigeria exported 281 non-oil merchandise, signaling a shift towards worth addition and wider participation in international commerce.
- Export exercise spanned a number of sectors, together with agriculture, processed items, and strong minerals.
- Quantity will increase counsel each improved manufacturing and stronger provide chain integration.
- Regardless of sturdy formal-sector development, a good portion of commerce nonetheless happens informally throughout Nigeria’s land borders, limiting the total seize of export potential.
- The Nationwide Bureau of Statistics reported that non-oil exports reached a file N9.2 trillion within the first 9 months of 2025, up 48 per cent from N6.2 trillion in the identical interval of 2024.
The rise displays the continued influence of the 2023 naira devaluation on Nigeria’s exterior commerce profile.
Earlier in 2025, NEPC reported that non-oil exports reached $3.225 billion within the first half of the yr, a 19.59 per cent rise from $2.696 billion in the identical interval of 2024.
