Pillar E · weight 17.5%
External Competitiveness & Global Integration
How well Nigeria competes and connects globally: export diversification and sophistication, FDI, reserves and external debt.
2025 score
26.5
Since 2000
+9.6
External Competitiveness & Global Integration, 2000–2025
Pillar score from 16.9 in 2000 to 26.5 in 2025.
2000
Source: NESG/ETC, Nigeria Economic Transformation Index (NETI), 2026
Underlying indicators
Indicator scores (0–100 scale)
Exports of manufactured goods (% of total export)
NETI Score:
9.2/100
Score change since 2000: +6.8
2025 value, 3-year average: 9.1%
Manufacturing exports' share of total manufacturing output
NETI Score:
0.4/100
Score change since 2000: −8.2
2025 value, 3-year average: 6.9%
Oil Export (% of Total Export) (Inverse)
NETI Score:
27.8/100
Score change since 2000: +16.5
2025 value, 3-year average: 81.2%
Exports of medium- and high-technology manufactured goods (% of Manufacturing export)
NETI Score:
52.4/100
Score change since 2000: +47.3
2025 value, 3-year average: 29.3%
Export Complexity Index
NETI Score:
0.7/100
Score change since 2000: +0.7
2025 value, 3-year average: -2.28
FDI (% of GDP)
NETI Score:
8.0/100
Score change since 2000: −17.9
2025 value, 3-year average: 0.4%
External reserves in months of merchandise import coverThreshold Indicator*
NETI Score:
80.4/100
Score change since 2000: +20.3
2025 value, 3-year average: 10.4 months
External Debt/External ReservesThreshold Indicator*
NETI Score:
75.8/100
Score change since 2000: +52.5
2025 value, 3-year average: 1.35
Indicators are normalised to a 0–100 scale.
- * External reserves in months of merchandise import cover - Higher reserve cover improves the NETI score; 12 months or more scores 100, while 4 months or less scores 0.
- * External Debt/External Reserves - Lower debt relative to reserves improves the NETI score; 0.5 or below scores 100, while 4.0 or above scores 0.