A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including a lithium-transition metal composite oxide represented by a compositional formula LiαNaβNi1-b-cMnbXcOd, wherein X represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of metal elements other than Li, Na, Ni, and Mn, 0.80≤α≤1.20, 0≤β≤0.05, 0.80≤α+β≤1.20, 0.25<b≤0.65, 0≤c≤0.1, 0.4≤1−b−c<0.75, and “d” represents a value satisfying an atomic valency, wherein
- a ratio I108/I110 satisfies I108/I110<0.4, the ratio being an integrated intensity I108 of a diffraction peak on a (108) plane relative to an integrated intensity I110 of a diffraction peak on a (110) plane of an X-ray diffraction pattern obtained by powder X-ray diffraction of the lithium-transition metal composite oxide.