Nigeria’s non-oil exports reached a record high of $6.1 billion in 2025, showcasing the strongest performance in this sector since the Nigerian Export Promotion Council was founded nearly fifty years ago.
This amount represents an 11.5 percent increase compared to the $5.4 billion noted in 2024, highlighting the growing momentum in the nation’s efforts to diversify away from dependence on crude oil.
Nonye Ayeni, the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the NEPC, shared this information on Monday in Abuja during her annual progress report and the outlook for 2026 on non-oil exports.
Ayeni stated that information from pre-shipment inspection agencies indicated that Nigeria had exceeded its prior record, calling the results from 2025 a historic achievement for formal, documented trade.
According to the data collected from pre-shipment inspection agencies, Nigeria’s non-oil export performance in 2025 reached an unprecedented high of approximately $6.1 billion, marking a year-on-year increase of roughly 11.5 percent over the $5.4 billion noted in 2024.
“This represents the highest recorded value of non-oil exports achieved in the nation for formal documented trade, as well as since the establishment of the council nearly 50 years ago. We have indeed surpassed last year’s records, with Nigeria achieving a non-oil export value of $6.1 billion,” she said.
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She explained that the $6.1 billion in export value reflects enhanced activity across numerous value chains, facilitated by improved market access and increased diversification of products.
In addition to value, Ayeni pointed out that export volumes also increased significantly, with total non-oil exports reaching 8.02 million metric tonnes in 2025, compared to 7.29 million metric tonnes in 2024, showing a growth of 10 percent.
She clarified that the robust performance spanned agricultural goods, processed and semi-processed products, industrial supplies, and solid minerals, indicating gradual improvements in value addition and a broader range of products.
“In 2025 alone, Nigeria exported a total of 281 non-oil products. This demonstrates our ongoing shift towards value-added exports and deeper integration into global value chains,” Ayeni stated.
However, the NEPC leader warned that these impressive statistics do not entirely reflect the nation’s export potential, pointing out that a considerable amount of trade still takes place informally across Nigeria’s land borders.
These latest results come in the context of renewed government initiatives aimed at enhancing foreign exchange earnings, stabilizing the naira, and reducing the economy’s susceptibility to fluctuations in oil prices by increasing non-oil export income.
