Summary
- Nigeria → United Arab Emirates
- $148million
- United Arab Emirates → Nigeria
- $1.5billion
- Nigeria’s balance
- -$1.3billion
Balance
Nigeria’s trade balance with the United Arab Emirates
Trade between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates grew 153.4-fold since 1996
USD billions (current). Nigeria’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 0.1
- Imports 1.5
- Balance -1.3
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1996 | $162 thousand | $11 million | -$10 million |
| 1997 | $879 thousand | $31 million | -$31 million |
| 1998 | $564 thousand | $63 million | -$62 million |
| 1999 | $324 thousand | $19 million | -$19 million |
| 2000 | $2 million | $35 million | -$33 million |
| 2001 | $0 | $43 million | -$43 million |
| 2002 | $19 million | $66 million | -$48 million |
| 2003 | $575 thousand | $382 million | -$381 million |
| 2004 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2005 | $33 million | $184 million | -$151 million |
| 2006 | $1 million | $242 million | -$241 million |
| 2007 | $110 million | $716 million | -$605 million |
| 2008 | $154 million | $617 million | -$463 million |
| 2009 | $44 million | $738 million | -$694 million |
| 2010 | $52 million | $1.8 billion | -$1.8 billion |
| 2011 | $231 million | $780 million | -$549 million |
| 2012 | $480 million | $839 million | -$359 million |
| 2013 | $347 million | $801 million | -$453 million |
| 2014 | $556 million | $922 million | -$366 million |
| 2015 | $590 million | $579 million | $11 million |
| 2016 | $917 million | $651 million | $266 million |
| 2017 | $750 million | $540 million | $210 million |
| 2018 | $639 million | $796 million | -$157 million |
| 2019 | $491 million | $1.5 billion | -$959 million |
| 2020 | $328 million | $1.1 billion | -$777 million |
| 2021 | $278 million | $868 million | -$590 million |
| 2022 | $552 million | $1.8 billion | -$1.3 billion |
| 2023 | $1.4 billion | $1.2 billion | $151 million |
| 2024 | $148 million | $1.5 billion | -$1.3 billion |
What they sell each other
What Nigeria sells to the United Arab Emirates
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What the United Arab Emirates sells to Nigeria
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Lagos and Jebel Ali is 7,722 nautical miles (14,301 km) long: ≈ 18–23 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Cape of Good Hope and Strait of Hormuz.
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
The United Arab Emirates was Nigeria’s 18th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Nigeria was the United Arab Emirates’ 43rd (0.3%).
- The United Arab Emirates in Nigeria’s trade
- 1.5%
- The United Arab Emirates’ rank among Nigeria’s partners
- 18th
- Nigeria in the United Arab Emirates’ trade
- 0.3%
- Nigeria’s rank among the United Arab Emirates’ partners
- 43rd
Compare with
Other partners of Nigeria
Other partners of the United Arab Emirates
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.