Strategic Lens

Energy: India and Nigeria

First country

Second country

In 2025, India sold USD 44.1 million of mineral fuels and oils to Nigeria and bought USD 5.14 billion from it.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils fell 52 percent, from USD 10.7 billion in 2019 to USD 5.18 billion in 2025.
  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Nigeria sold USD 5.14 billion of mineral fuels and oils, against USD 44.1 million the other way.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

India's exports to Nigeria: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 0.33Low 0.04 / High 2.412025: 0.04

20190.33
20200.17
20211.01
20222.41
20231.36
20240.22
20250.04

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

India's imports from Nigeria: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 10.42Low 3.21 / High 10.422025: 5.14

201910.42
20206.17
20219.04
20228.37
20233.21
20244.95
20255.14

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026