Nigeria - Merchandise exports

Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) in Nigeria was 0.13 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 1.32 in 1962, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1977.

Definition: Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise exports by the reporting economy to economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1962 1.32
1963 1.13
1964 1.13
1965 0.64
1966 0.15
1967 0.07
1968 0.19
1969 0.11
1970 0.14
1971 0.07
1972 0.18
1973 0.04
1974 0.01
1975 0.02
1976 0.05
1977 0.00
1978 0.00
1979 0.00
1981 0.00
1982 0.00
1983 0.04
1984 0.01
1985 0.00
1986 0.08
1987 0.08
1988 0.17
1989 0.02
1990 0.05
1991 0.08
1992 0.05
1993 0.19
1994 0.12
1995 0.53
1996 1.27
1997 1.18
1998 0.60
1999 0.50
2000 0.08
2001 0.21
2002 0.21
2003 0.11
2004 0.12
2005 0.05
2006 0.04
2007 0.01
2008 0.01
2009 0.01
2010 0.01
2011 0.01
2012 0.01
2013 0.01
2014 0.02
2015 0.34
2016 0.50
2017 0.60
2018 0.38
2019 0.07
2020 0.13

Merchandise exports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise exports (current US$) in Nigeria was 35,634,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 116,000,000,000 in 2011 and a minimum value of 462,000,000 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise exports show the f.o.b. value of goods provided to the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

See also:

Year Value
1960 462,000,000
1961 486,000,000
1962 468,000,000
1963 520,000,000
1964 601,000,000
1965 749,000,000
1966 796,000,000
1967 677,000,000
1968 591,000,000
1969 891,000,000
1970 1,240,000,000
1971 1,815,000,000
1972 2,180,000,000
1973 3,462,000,000
1974 9,205,000,000
1975 7,834,000,000
1976 10,566,000,000
1977 11,839,000,000
1978 9,938,000,000
1979 17,334,000,000
1980 25,968,000,000
1981 17,845,000,000
1982 12,185,000,000
1983 10,357,000,000
1984 11,856,000,000
1985 12,548,000,000
1986 5,155,000,000
1987 7,365,000,000
1988 6,875,000,000
1989 10,000,000,000
1990 13,596,000,000
1991 12,264,000,000
1992 11,886,000,000
1993 9,908,000,000
1994 9,415,000,000
1995 12,342,000,000
1996 16,153,000,000
1997 15,207,000,000
1998 9,855,000,000
1999 13,856,000,000
2000 20,975,000,000
2001 18,045,000,000
2002 17,975,000,000
2003 24,031,000,000
2004 38,631,000,000
2005 50,467,000,000
2006 58,726,000,000
2007 66,606,000,000
2008 86,274,000,000
2009 56,742,000,000
2010 84,000,000,000
2011 116,000,000,000
2012 114,700,000,000
2013 90,555,000,000
2014 103,100,000,000
2015 50,216,000,000
2016 33,302,000,000
2017 44,468,000,000
2018 60,547,000,000
2019 62,531,000,000
2020 35,634,000,000

Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) in Nigeria was 36.71 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 93.12 in 1987, while its lowest value was 36.71 in 2020.

Definition: Merchandise exports to high-income economies are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 88.31
1961 88.35
1962 91.66
1963 91.66
1964 87.16
1965 90.47
1966 90.65
1967 91.29
1968 87.42
1969 88.81
1970 88.36
1971 88.54
1972 89.70
1973 84.45
1974 83.88
1975 81.56
1976 74.28
1977 75.66
1978 88.30
1979 84.59
1981 71.83
1982 81.45
1983 88.96
1984 85.71
1985 91.30
1986 93.12
1987 93.12
1988 90.16
1989 92.11
1990 92.79
1991 87.71
1992 86.97
1993 84.24
1994 84.42
1995 80.75
1996 79.75
1997 78.94
1998 72.50
1999 62.15
2000 71.47
2001 69.86
2002 62.81
2003 69.58
2004 64.29
2005 68.88
2006 69.42
2007 68.42
2008 60.81
2009 56.07
2010 54.80
2011 55.50
2012 52.75
2013 47.96
2014 39.75
2015 37.93
2016 39.38
2017 43.43
2018 41.20
2019 39.27
2020 36.71

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports) in Nigeria was 49.68 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 49.68 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.08 in 1974.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.30
1961 0.35
1962 1.40
1963 1.58
1964 4.26
1965 2.77
1966 2.56
1967 2.30
1968 3.11
1969 2.89
1970 2.30
1971 1.99
1972 1.41
1973 0.47
1974 0.08
1975 0.14
1976 0.95
1977 0.72
1978 0.78
1979 0.51
1981 3.33
1982 1.61
1983 0.95
1984 1.16
1985 4.52
1986 1.90
1987 1.90
1988 2.30
1989 1.14
1990 0.23
1991 2.30
1992 5.02
1993 7.46
1994 7.68
1995 10.04
1996 11.96
1997 12.54
1998 16.50
1999 26.70
2000 20.70
2001 21.81
2002 26.48
2003 21.11
2004 26.89
2005 22.43
2006 21.60
2007 21.18
2008 30.15
2009 33.20
2010 35.09
2011 34.99
2012 35.42
2013 41.13
2014 47.86
2015 48.71
2016 47.56
2017 44.40
2018 44.50
2019 47.24
2020 49.68

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) in Nigeria was 21.30 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 21.30 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 1976.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1963 0.19
1964 2.79
1965 0.27
1967 0.38
1968 0.12
1970 0.10
1971 0.03
1972 0.22
1973 0.22
1974 0.06
1975 0.10
1976 0.01
1977 0.11
1978 0.08
1979 0.08
1981 0.35
1982 0.03
1983 0.09
1984 0.24
1985 0.02
1986 0.01
1987 0.01
1988 0.12
1989 0.04
1990 0.06
1991 0.55
1992 0.11
1993 0.09
1994 0.30
1995 2.18
1996 1.10
1997 1.04
1998 0.84
1999 3.14
2000 2.88
2001 3.83
2002 6.16
2003 3.73
2004 4.79
2005 3.95
2006 2.52
2007 2.94
2008 1.96
2009 4.43
2010 4.38
2011 4.61
2012 5.28
2013 6.73
2014 8.80
2015 7.60
2016 9.73
2017 10.73
2018 10.31
2019 16.29
2020 21.30

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports) in Nigeria was 0.020 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 0.282 in 1971, while its lowest value was 0.001 in 1982.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1963 0.019
1964 0.017
1965 0.147
1967 0.207
1968 0.169
1970 0.056
1971 0.282
1972 0.064
1973 0.026
1976 0.006
1982 0.001
1983 0.024
1984 0.036
1985 0.016
1988 0.015
1989 0.010
1990 0.001
1991 0.009
1993 0.022
1994 0.112
1995 0.094
1996 0.147
1997 0.168
1998 0.135
1999 0.102
2000 0.006
2001 0.028
2002 0.005
2003 0.003
2004 0.004
2005 0.004
2006 0.004
2007 0.002
2008 0.006
2009 0.008
2010 0.031
2011 0.031
2012 0.027
2013 0.030
2014 0.016
2015 0.013
2016 0.094
2017 0.017
2018 0.019
2019 0.014
2020 0.020

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports) in Nigeria was 3.22 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 11.52 in 2004, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1974.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1964 0.02
1965 1.64
1966 2.33
1967 1.56
1968 2.62
1969 2.77
1970 2.01
1971 1.62
1972 0.98
1973 0.18
1974 0.00
1976 0.88
1977 0.61
1978 0.70
1979 0.43
1981 2.98
1982 1.57
1983 0.78
1984 0.88
1985 4.47
1986 1.81
1987 1.81
1988 2.09
1989 1.03
1990 0.10
1991 1.63
1992 0.28
1993 1.12
1994 3.51
1995 2.58
1996 1.73
1997 3.57
1998 5.60
1999 5.82
2000 3.31
2001 6.24
2002 8.67
2003 7.38
2004 11.52
2005 6.95
2006 8.40
2007 5.53
2008 8.54
2009 10.19
2010 8.41
2011 8.59
2012 8.38
2013 11.08
2014 10.81
2015 9.19
2016 4.44
2017 2.76
2018 3.73
2019 2.66
2020 3.22

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports) in Nigeria was 0.12 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 1.32 in 1962, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1977.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1962 1.32
1963 1.13
1964 1.10
1965 0.64
1966 0.14
1967 0.07
1968 0.17
1969 0.10
1970 0.13
1971 0.06
1972 0.14
1973 0.03
1974 0.01
1975 0.02
1976 0.05
1977 0.00
1978 0.01
1979 0.00
1981 0.00
1982 0.00
1983 0.04
1984 0.00
1985 0.00
1986 0.06
1987 0.06
1988 0.02
1989 0.01
1990 0.02
1991 0.07
1992 0.04
1993 0.18
1994 0.09
1995 0.49
1996 1.25
1997 1.17
1998 0.59
1999 0.49
2000 0.07
2001 0.21
2002 0.11
2003 0.11
2004 0.12
2005 0.04
2006 0.03
2007 0.01
2008 0.00
2009 0.01
2010 0.01
2011 0.01
2012 0.01
2013 0.01
2014 0.01
2015 0.32
2016 0.46
2017 0.56
2018 0.37
2019 0.06
2020 0.12

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports) in Nigeria was 25.02 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 32.83 in 2016, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1977.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.30
1961 0.35
1962 0.08
1963 0.24
1964 0.33
1965 0.08
1966 0.09
1967 0.07
1968 0.03
1969 0.01
1970 0.01
1972 0.01
1973 0.01
1974 0.00
1975 0.03
1976 0.01
1977 0.00
1979 0.00
1981 0.01
1982 0.00
1983 0.01
1984 0.01
1985 0.01
1986 0.02
1987 0.02
1988 0.05
1989 0.05
1990 0.05
1991 0.04
1992 4.60
1993 6.05
1994 3.67
1995 4.69
1996 7.73
1997 6.59
1998 9.32
1999 17.15
2000 14.43
2001 11.50
2002 11.55
2003 9.89
2004 10.45
2005 11.48
2006 10.64
2007 12.71
2008 19.64
2009 18.57
2010 22.27
2011 21.76
2012 21.73
2013 23.28
2014 28.22
2015 31.58
2016 32.83
2017 30.33
2018 30.06
2019 28.21
2020 25.02

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports) in Nigeria was 12.24 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 13.20 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.69 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.69
1961 0.86
1962 2.91
1963 3.05
1964 3.09
1965 1.72
1966 2.14
1967 1.51
1968 1.35
1969 1.26
1970 0.86
1971 1.89
1972 1.50
1973 1.60
1974 1.78
1975 1.93
1976 1.95
1977 2.23
1978 2.58
1979 1.80
1981 2.47
1982 2.40
1983 2.68
1984 4.55
1985 3.37
1986 4.15
1987 4.15
1988 6.51
1989 6.49
1990 6.50
1991 8.59
1992 7.06
1993 7.29
1994 6.73
1995 8.29
1996 7.66
1997 8.10
1998 10.39
1999 10.62
2000 7.00
2001 6.33
2002 9.27
2003 8.31
2004 7.75
2005 7.57
2006 7.97
2007 9.20
2008 7.98
2009 9.63
2010 8.85
2011 8.18
2012 10.27
2013 9.82
2014 11.14
2015 12.32
2016 12.07
2017 11.08
2018 13.20
2019 12.28
2020 12.24

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) in Nigeria was 1.37 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 22.82 in 1976, while its lowest value was 0.25 in 1989.

Definition: Merchandise exports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise exports by the reporting economy to the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of exports by the reporting economy to high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 10.70
1961 10.43
1962 4.03
1963 3.71
1964 5.49
1965 5.04
1966 4.66
1967 4.90
1968 8.12
1969 7.05
1970 8.47
1971 7.57
1972 7.39
1973 13.48
1974 14.27
1975 16.37
1976 22.82
1977 21.40
1978 8.35
1979 13.09
1981 22.37
1982 14.54
1983 7.40
1984 8.58
1985 0.81
1986 0.82
1987 0.82
1988 1.03
1989 0.25
1990 0.47
1991 1.40
1992 0.94
1993 1.01
1994 1.16
1995 0.92
1996 0.64
1997 0.42
1998 0.61
1999 0.54
2000 0.83
2001 2.01
2002 1.44
2003 1.00
2004 1.07
2005 1.11
2006 1.01
2007 1.19
2008 1.06
2009 1.10
2010 1.26
2011 1.34
2012 1.56
2013 1.10
2014 1.25
2015 1.04
2016 0.99
2017 1.09
2018 1.09
2019 1.22
2020 1.37

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Nigeria was 45,358,500,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 112,934,000,000 in 2011 and 461,800,000 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise exports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise exports by the reporting economy to the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current US$.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 461,800,000
1961 485,900,000
1962 471,300,000
1963 530,900,000
1964 601,100,000
1965 749,900,000
1966 781,900,000
1967 677,700,000
1968 592,100,000
1969 890,700,000
1970 1,239,300,000
1971 1,810,200,000
1972 2,179,300,000
1973 3,461,300,000
1974 9,219,200,000
1975 7,994,900,000
1976 10,770,500,000
1977 11,822,500,000
1978 9,955,700,000
1979 17,221,700,000
1981 19,220,300,000
1982 14,155,800,000
1983 10,679,700,000
1984 11,930,400,000
1985 13,115,860,000
1986 5,151,504,000
1987 7,336,777,000
1988 6,885,796,000
1989 8,144,978,000
1990 10,273,080,000
1991 7,726,468,000
1992 12,369,700,000
1993 11,590,070,000
1994 11,318,840,000
1995 12,247,870,000
1996 16,142,030,000
1997 16,524,870,000
1998 11,346,370,000
1999 13,226,860,000
2000 27,156,870,000
2001 18,112,760,000
2002 18,680,080,000
2003 24,190,280,000
2004 34,898,340,000
2005 45,608,960,000
2006 54,032,580,000
2007 61,919,930,000
2008 91,474,980,000
2009 54,535,610,000
2010 82,578,960,000
2011 112,934,000,000
2012 110,041,000,000
2013 98,650,860,000
2014 99,291,530,000
2015 57,857,140,000
2016 40,319,160,000
2017 49,162,890,000
2018 66,493,520,000
2019 67,292,200,000
2020 45,358,500,000

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports) in Nigeria was 12.24 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 13.20 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.69 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.69
1961 0.86
1962 2.91
1963 3.05
1964 3.09
1965 1.72
1966 2.14
1967 1.51
1968 1.35
1969 1.26
1970 0.86
1971 1.89
1972 1.50
1973 1.60
1974 1.78
1975 1.93
1976 1.95
1977 2.23
1978 2.58
1979 1.80
1981 2.47
1982 2.40
1983 2.68
1984 4.55
1985 3.37
1986 4.15
1987 4.15
1988 6.51
1989 6.49
1990 6.50
1991 8.59
1992 7.06
1993 7.29
1994 6.73
1995 8.29
1996 7.66
1997 8.10
1998 10.39
1999 10.62
2000 7.00
2001 6.33
2002 9.27
2003 8.31
2004 7.75
2005 7.57
2006 7.97
2007 9.20
2008 7.98
2009 9.63
2010 8.85
2011 8.18
2012 10.27
2013 9.82
2014 11.14
2015 12.32
2016 12.07
2017 11.08
2018 13.20
2019 12.28
2020 12.24

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports