Pillar A · weight 22.5%
Absorptive & Productive Capacity
The capability of firms to expand and upgrade: industrial productivity, capacity utilisation, energy use and technology absorption.
2025 score
12.5
Since 2000
−14.4
Absorptive & Productive Capacity, 2000–2025
Pillar score from 26.9 in 2000 to 12.5 in 2025.
2000
Source: NESG/ETC, Nigeria Economic Transformation Index (NETI), 2026
Underlying indicators
Indicator scores (0–100 scale)
Industry value added per worker (constant 2015 US$)
NETI Score:
0.0/100
Score change since 2000: −41.6
2025 value, 3-year average: US$4,317
Manufacturing capacity utilisation (smoothed)
NETI Score:
40.8/100
Score change since 2000: +40.8
2025 value, 3-year average: 51.7%
Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)
NETI Score:
3.1/100
Score change since 2000: +3.0
2025 value, 3-year average: 142.4 kWh
Imports of medium- and high-technology manufactured goods (% of total imports)
NETI Score:
6.8/100
Score change since 2000: −50.8
2025 value, 3-year average: 39.8%
Indicators are normalised to a 0–100 scale.