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Strategic Lens

Energy: Nigeria and Russia

First country

Second country

In 2025, Russia sold USD 99.4 million of mineral fuels and oils to Nigeria.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils fell 60 percent, from USD 251 million in 2019 to USD 99.4 million in 2025.
  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Russia sold USD 99.4 million of mineral fuels and oils, 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

Nigeria's imports from Russia: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 0.25Low 0.1 / High 1.422025: 0.1

20190.25
20200.32
20211.42
20220.27
20231.18
20240.42
20250.1

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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