Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 4.07 per cent year-on-year in real terms in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2025.
This is according to the latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
The growth marked an improvement from the 3.76 per cent recorded in the same period of 2024 and the 3.98 per cent growth posted in the third quarter of 2025.
On a full-year basis, the economy expanded by 3.87 per cent in 2025, compared with 3.38 per cent in 2024, indicating a stronger overall performance.
The non-oil sector remained the main driver of growth, accounting for 97.13 per cent of total real GDP in the quarter under review.
The sector grew by 3.99 per cent in real terms during the period, up from 3.80 per cent in the same quarter of 2024 and 3.91 per cent in the third quarter of 2025.
Growth in the non-oil economy was supported by sustained positive performance in several activities.
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This includes agriculture, particularly crop production; information and communication, led by telecommunications; and financial and insurance services, especially financial institutions.
Other contributing areas included real estate, trade, construction, road transport and manufacturing, notably food, beverage and tobacco production.
Although the non-oil sector’s share of GDP was slightly lower than the 97.20 per cent recorded in the fourth quarter of 2024, it continued to dominate Nigeria’s economic structure.
In terms of individual contributions to real GDP in the review quarter, crop production led with 20.44 per cent, followed by trade at 16.84 per cent and real estate at 14.57 per cent.
NBS stated that telecommunications and information services accounted for 8.12 per cent, while livestock contributed 6.05 per cent.
Construction made up 3.91 per cent, crude petroleum and natural gas 2.87 per cent, public administration 2.62 per cent, food, beverage and tobacco 2.61 per cent, and professional, scientific and technical services 2.43 per cent.
By broad sector classification, services remained the largest contributor to aggregate GDP, accounting for 55.92 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2025.
Agriculture followed with 28.66 per cent, while the industries sector contributed 15.42 per cent.
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