Strategic Lens

Pharma and health: China and Nigeria

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 235 million of pharmaceutical products to Nigeria.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in pharmaceutical products grew 50 percent, from USD 156 million in 2019 to USD 235 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, China sold USD 235 million of pharmaceutical products, and Nigeria sold almost none.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

China's exports to Nigeria: pharmaceutical products

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

2019: 156.2Low 156.2 / High 234.72025: 234.7

2019156.2
2020179.8
2021208.2
2022186.9
2023177.7
2024185.7
2025234.7

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026