Nigeria - Merchandise imports

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) in Nigeria was 2.25 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 3.23 in 1996, while its lowest value was 0.19 in 1985.

Definition: Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1962 0.97
1963 0.83
1964 0.68
1965 0.78
1966 0.33
1967 0.46
1968 1.13
1969 1.52
1970 0.88
1971 0.94
1972 0.78
1973 0.60
1974 0.56
1975 0.36
1976 0.22
1977 0.20
1978 0.29
1979 0.26
1981 0.31
1982 0.32
1983 0.33
1984 0.29
1985 0.19
1986 0.42
1987 0.42
1988 0.40
1989 0.36
1990 0.41
1991 0.99
1992 1.84
1993 1.25
1994 2.02
1995 0.36
1996 3.23
1997 0.96
1998 0.47
1999 0.83
2000 2.38
2001 2.49
2002 2.28
2003 3.06
2004 2.82
2005 2.75
2006 2.64
2007 2.86
2008 1.95
2009 2.56
2010 2.85
2011 3.09
2012 2.22
2013 2.34
2014 2.31
2015 2.44
2016 2.99
2017 2.45
2018 2.57
2019 2.41
2020 2.25

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Nigeria was 55,390,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 58,300,000,000 in 2014 and a minimum value of 540,000,000 in 1968.

Definition: Merchandise imports show the c.i.f. value of goods received from the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

See also:

Year Value
1960 604,000,000
1961 623,000,000
1962 569,000,000
1963 579,000,000
1964 711,000,000
1965 770,000,000
1966 718,000,000
1967 626,000,000
1968 540,000,000
1969 696,000,000
1970 1,059,000,000
1971 1,514,000,000
1972 1,505,000,000
1973 1,862,000,000
1974 2,772,000,000
1975 6,041,000,000
1976 8,213,000,000
1977 11,095,000,000
1978 12,821,000,000
1979 10,218,000,000
1980 16,660,000,000
1981 20,877,000,000
1982 16,061,000,000
1983 12,254,000,000
1984 9,364,000,000
1985 8,877,000,000
1986 4,034,000,000
1987 3,912,000,000
1988 4,717,000,000
1989 4,187,000,000
1990 5,627,000,000
1991 8,986,000,000
1992 8,275,000,000
1993 7,508,000,000
1994 6,613,000,000
1995 8,222,000,000
1996 6,438,000,000
1997 9,501,000,000
1998 9,211,000,000
1999 8,588,000,000
2000 8,721,000,000
2001 11,586,000,000
2002 7,547,000,000
2003 10,853,000,000
2004 14,164,000,000
2005 20,754,000,000
2006 26,523,000,000
2007 34,830,000,000
2008 49,951,000,000
2009 33,906,000,000
2010 44,235,000,000
2011 56,000,000,000
2012 51,000,000,000
2013 56,000,000,000
2014 58,300,000,000
2015 44,700,000,000
2016 35,532,000,000
2017 31,273,000,000
2018 43,007,000,000
2019 55,257,000,000
2020 55,390,000,000

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Nigeria was 41.43 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 90.01 in 1975, while its lowest value was 41.43 in 2020.

Definition: Merchandise imports from high-income economies are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 85.28
1961 82.42
1962 87.22
1963 87.76
1964 87.31
1965 87.16
1966 88.09
1967 85.50
1968 82.42
1969 83.68
1970 86.29
1971 87.96
1972 89.02
1973 87.86
1974 87.24
1975 90.01
1976 89.62
1977 89.63
1978 89.21
1979 86.92
1981 86.87
1982 83.74
1983 85.23
1984 85.51
1985 83.56
1986 86.52
1987 86.52
1988 83.22
1989 85.53
1990 83.20
1991 85.02
1992 84.72
1993 83.81
1994 80.89
1995 78.41
1996 78.51
1997 76.13
1998 73.20
1999 71.60
2000 75.45
2001 71.72
2002 74.25
2003 64.48
2004 65.57
2005 59.78
2006 58.60
2007 55.55
2008 60.75
2009 58.48
2010 56.74
2011 55.57
2012 56.55
2013 56.37
2014 52.06
2015 48.01
2016 45.49
2017 49.95
2018 47.39
2019 43.95
2020 41.43

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) in Nigeria was 35.91 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 35.91 in 2020, while its lowest value was 1.94 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 1.94
1961 3.12
1962 5.06
1963 3.98
1964 4.73
1965 5.78
1966 6.37
1967 6.27
1968 5.34
1969 6.35
1970 4.83
1971 5.22
1972 4.37
1973 4.55
1974 4.65
1975 3.63
1976 4.30
1977 3.40
1978 4.23
1979 5.52
1981 6.22
1982 6.57
1983 5.06
1984 6.06
1985 10.81
1986 6.12
1987 6.12
1988 9.32
1989 8.52
1990 10.24
1991 10.41
1992 9.52
1993 11.18
1994 11.06
1995 13.90
1996 15.07
1997 20.20
1998 22.40
1999 24.36
2000 19.79
2001 19.41
2002 21.14
2003 15.42
2004 14.28
2005 17.12
2006 17.75
2007 18.69
2008 20.25
2009 18.34
2010 18.41
2011 18.17
2012 24.40
2013 23.59
2014 27.82
2015 31.50
2016 29.93
2017 30.49
2018 30.33
2019 31.88
2020 35.91

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) in Nigeria was 27.37 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 27.37 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.78 in 1963.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1962 0.79
1963 0.78
1964 1.27
1965 1.79
1966 1.98
1967 2.84
1968 2.02
1969 2.36
1970 1.91
1971 1.95
1972 1.82
1973 1.97
1974 1.81
1975 1.20
1976 1.75
1977 1.36
1978 1.66
1979 2.54
1981 3.07
1982 2.63
1983 1.84
1984 0.90
1985 1.94
1986 1.89
1987 1.89
1988 3.12
1989 3.32
1990 3.62
1991 4.51
1992 2.94
1993 4.54
1994 4.25
1995 5.48
1996 6.25
1997 9.64
1998 10.23
1999 12.90
2000 7.51
2001 9.75
2002 11.94
2003 9.11
2004 8.11
2005 9.42
2006 9.35
2007 9.49
2008 13.41
2009 11.70
2010 11.23
2011 11.16
2012 16.18
2013 16.68
2014 20.63
2015 24.14
2016 21.82
2017 22.59
2018 21.29
2019 23.33
2020 27.37

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Nigeria was 2.51 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 4.28 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.05 in 1978.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1963 0.07
1964 0.07
1965 0.09
1966 0.08
1967 0.10
1968 0.09
1969 0.16
1970 0.21
1971 0.40
1972 0.37
1973 0.44
1974 0.24
1975 0.20
1976 0.15
1977 0.07
1978 0.05
1979 0.13
1981 0.23
1982 0.36
1983 0.22
1984 0.06
1985 0.14
1986 0.69
1987 0.69
1988 0.75
1989 0.43
1990 0.45
1991 0.32
1992 0.15
1993 0.88
1994 0.61
1995 0.60
1996 0.51
1997 2.45
1998 2.90
1999 2.43
2000 4.28
2001 2.44
2002 1.95
2003 1.81
2004 1.67
2005 1.86
2006 1.94
2007 2.17
2008 1.80
2009 2.10
2010 2.31
2011 2.15
2012 2.02
2013 2.03
2014 2.15
2015 2.00
2016 2.73
2017 2.53
2018 3.58
2019 2.27
2020 2.51

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) in Nigeria was 1.17 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 7.59 in 1985, while its lowest value was 0.02 in 1967.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1962 0.07
1963 0.05
1964 0.03
1965 0.07
1966 0.03
1967 0.02
1968 0.04
1969 0.03
1970 0.10
1971 0.05
1972 0.12
1973 0.36
1974 0.65
1975 1.06
1976 1.35
1977 1.17
1978 1.60
1979 2.11
1981 1.98
1982 2.40
1983 2.23
1984 3.64
1985 7.59
1986 2.39
1987 2.39
1988 4.16
1989 3.24
1990 4.28
1991 3.73
1992 4.39
1993 3.66
1994 3.44
1995 4.68
1996 5.35
1997 4.68
1998 5.28
1999 3.93
2000 3.98
2001 2.67
2002 2.77
2003 1.73
2004 1.86
2005 2.69
2006 3.10
2007 3.19
2008 2.13
2009 1.52
2010 1.20
2011 1.19
2012 1.42
2013 1.13
2014 1.07
2015 1.08
2016 1.29
2017 1.22
2018 1.00
2019 0.92
2020 1.17

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Nigeria was 0.28 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 1.74 in 1969, while its lowest value was 0.17 in 1983.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1962 0.97
1963 0.83
1964 0.70
1965 0.84
1966 0.50
1967 0.45
1968 1.24
1969 1.74
1970 0.88
1971 0.94
1972 0.79
1973 0.62
1974 0.91
1975 0.44
1976 0.25
1977 0.20
1978 0.29
1979 0.26
1981 0.25
1982 0.31
1983 0.17
1984 0.19
1985 0.18
1986 0.35
1987 0.35
1988 0.17
1989 0.20
1990 0.32
1991 0.26
1992 0.21
1993 0.22
1994 0.30
1995 0.25
1996 0.41
1997 0.19
1998 0.20
1999 0.58
2000 0.49
2001 0.53
2002 0.89
2003 0.20
2004 0.22
2005 0.25
2006 0.26
2007 0.28
2008 0.21
2009 0.21
2010 0.24
2011 0.30
2012 0.39
2013 0.37
2014 0.40
2015 0.43
2016 0.50
2017 0.39
2018 0.29
2019 0.28
2020 0.28

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Nigeria was 4.58 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 5.08 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.48 in 1979.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 1.94
1961 3.12
1962 3.23
1963 2.26
1964 2.66
1965 3.00
1966 3.78
1967 2.87
1968 1.95
1969 2.07
1970 1.73
1971 1.87
1972 1.26
1973 1.16
1974 1.03
1975 0.73
1976 0.80
1977 0.60
1978 0.63
1979 0.48
1981 0.68
1982 0.87
1983 0.60
1984 1.27
1985 0.95
1986 0.81
1987 0.81
1988 1.13
1989 1.33
1990 1.57
1991 1.59
1992 1.83
1993 1.89
1994 2.46
1995 2.88
1996 2.54
1997 3.25
1998 3.77
1999 4.51
2000 3.52
2001 4.02
2002 3.58
2003 2.56
2004 2.42
2005 2.90
2006 3.11
2007 3.56
2008 2.69
2009 2.80
2010 3.42
2011 3.37
2012 4.38
2013 3.38
2014 3.58
2015 3.86
2016 3.58
2017 3.76
2018 4.17
2019 5.08
2020 4.58

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Nigeria was 5.49 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 8.50 in 2001, while its lowest value was 0.12 in 1962.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.78
1961 0.32
1962 0.12
1963 0.29
1964 0.68
1965 0.53
1966 0.47
1967 0.72
1968 1.09
1969 0.82
1970 0.77
1971 0.43
1972 0.52
1973 0.62
1974 0.72
1975 0.71
1976 0.67
1977 0.87
1978 0.55
1979 0.53
1981 0.44
1982 0.51
1983 0.81
1984 1.64
1985 0.69
1986 1.21
1987 1.21
1988 1.22
1989 0.63
1990 0.47
1991 0.79
1992 2.51
1993 2.67
1994 5.65
1995 4.74
1996 4.25
1997 3.30
1998 4.18
1999 3.83
2000 4.01
2001 8.50
2002 4.37
2003 4.84
2004 5.31
2005 6.10
2006 5.84
2007 5.56
2008 5.03
2009 4.16
2010 2.91
2011 3.49
2012 3.60
2013 3.97
2014 4.02
2015 4.10
2016 4.31
2017 3.75
2018 4.03
2019 4.42
2020 5.49

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Nigeria was 17.18 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 22.76 in 2011, while its lowest value was 0.21 in 1999.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of imports by the reporting economy from high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 12.00
1961 14.13
1962 7.60
1963 7.96
1964 7.29
1965 6.52
1966 5.07
1967 7.50
1968 11.15
1969 9.14
1970 8.12
1971 6.39
1972 6.09
1973 6.97
1974 7.40
1975 5.65
1976 5.42
1977 6.10
1978 6.01
1979 7.03
1981 6.47
1982 9.18
1983 8.89
1984 6.79
1985 4.94
1986 6.15
1987 6.15
1988 6.23
1989 5.32
1990 6.08
1991 3.78
1992 3.25
1993 2.34
1994 2.39
1995 2.96
1996 2.17
1997 0.37
1998 0.22
1999 0.21
2000 0.76
2001 0.37
2002 0.25
2003 15.26
2004 14.84
2005 17.01
2006 17.81
2007 20.19
2008 13.97
2009 19.02
2010 21.95
2011 22.76
2012 15.45
2013 16.06
2014 16.10
2015 16.39
2016 20.27
2017 15.82
2018 18.25
2019 19.76
2020 17.18

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Nigeria was $41,422,460,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $51,502,290,000 in 2014 and $539,700,000 in 1968.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 $602,700,000
1961 $621,900,000
1962 $567,400,000
1963 $580,100,000
1964 $711,000,000
1965 $766,400,000
1966 $717,600,000
1967 $626,400,000
1968 $539,700,000
1969 $695,600,000
1970 $1,058,700,000
1971 $1,510,000,000
1972 $1,504,800,000
1973 $1,861,200,000
1974 $2,774,000,000
1975 $6,032,000,000
1976 $8,213,500,000
1977 $11,020,800,000
1978 $12,812,700,000
1979 $10,216,200,000
1981 $18,620,800,000
1982 $13,324,500,000
1983 $10,393,500,000
1984 $5,802,400,000
1985 $6,194,795,000
1986 $3,388,599,000
1987 $3,895,659,000
1988 $3,890,067,000
1989 $3,418,809,000
1990 $4,317,375,000
1991 $5,370,437,000
1992 $9,324,127,000
1993 $7,600,886,000
1994 $5,421,249,000
1995 $5,814,014,000
1996 $6,769,943,000
1997 $7,010,515,000
1998 $7,615,426,000
1999 $7,695,179,000
2000 $5,853,931,000
2001 $7,966,698,000
2002 $8,761,716,000
2003 $14,888,210,000
2004 $16,809,960,000
2005 $18,637,580,000
2006 $22,337,710,000
2007 $29,660,010,000
2008 $35,670,810,000
2009 $31,852,550,000
2010 $36,059,700,000
2011 $50,449,790,000
2012 $41,199,730,000
2013 $49,492,500,000
2014 $51,502,290,000
2015 $37,961,700,000
2016 $31,237,840,000
2017 $35,242,140,000
2018 $42,168,910,000
2019 $46,359,510,000
2020 $41,422,460,000

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports) in Nigeria was 5.49 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 8.50 in 2001, while its lowest value was 0.12 in 1962.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.78
1961 0.32
1962 0.12
1963 0.29
1964 0.68
1965 0.53
1966 0.47
1967 0.72
1968 1.09
1969 0.82
1970 0.77
1971 0.43
1972 0.52
1973 0.62
1974 0.72
1975 0.71
1976 0.67
1977 0.87
1978 0.55
1979 0.53
1981 0.44
1982 0.51
1983 0.81
1984 1.64
1985 0.69
1986 1.21
1987 1.21
1988 1.22
1989 0.63
1990 0.47
1991 0.79
1992 2.51
1993 2.67
1994 5.65
1995 4.74
1996 4.25
1997 3.30
1998 4.18
1999 3.83
2000 4.01
2001 8.50
2002 4.37
2003 4.84
2004 5.31
2005 6.10
2006 5.84
2007 5.56
2008 5.03
2009 4.16
2010 2.91
2011 3.49
2012 3.60
2013 3.97
2014 4.02
2015 4.10
2016 4.31
2017 3.75
2018 4.03
2019 4.42
2020 5.49

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports