Strategic Lens

Energy: Japan and Nigeria

First country

Second country

In 2025, Nigeria sold USD 367 million of mineral fuels and oils to Japan.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Nigeria sold USD 367 million of mineral fuels and oils, and Japan sold almost none.
  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils is 60 percent below its 2022 peak of USD 929 million.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

Japan's imports from Nigeria: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 297.6Low 151.9 / High 929.42025: 367.4

2019297.6
2020494.1
2021525.4
2022929.4
2023151.9
2024359.7
2025367.4

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026