Strategic Lens

Pharma and health: Nigeria and United States

First country

Second country

In 2025, United States sold USD 18.6 million of pharmaceutical products to Nigeria.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in pharmaceutical products grew 61 percent, from USD 11.6 million in 2019 to USD 18.6 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, United States sold USD 18.6 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

Nigeria's imports from United States: pharmaceutical products

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

2019: 11.3Low 11.3 / High 43.92025: 18.6

201911.3
202011.5
202129.1
202218.6
202343.9
202422.8
202518.6

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026