Strategic Lens

Trade in goods: Canada and Nigeria

First country

Second country

In 2025, Canada sold USD 599 million of goods to Nigeria and bought USD 1.71 billion from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in goods grew about 3.9 times, from USD 596 million in 2019 to USD 2.31 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothTrade is concentrated: mineral fuels and oils were 68 percent of goods trade between them in 2025.
  • BothThe two countries' customs reports differ on goods sold by Canada to Nigeria in 2025: Canada reports USD 599 million and Nigeria reports USD 298 million.

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

Canada's exports to Nigeria: goods

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by Canada

2019: 374.8Low 374.8 / High 598.72025: 598.7

2019374.8
2020542.8
2021483.1
2022417.8
2023422.9
2024389.6
2025598.7

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Canada's imports from Nigeria: goods

USD billion · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by Canada

2019: 0.22Low 0.22 / High 2.232025: 1.71

20190.22
20200.49
20211.65
20221.32
20232.23
20241.7
20251.71

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026