Nigeria vs South Africa: Trade & Finance

This page compares Nigeria and South Africa across 33 Trade & Finance indicators. Pick any indicator below for the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Indicator	Nigeria	South Africa	Detail
Merchandise exports (current US$)	$53.32B	$110.08B	Compare →
Merchandise imports (current US$)	$41.26B	$123.47B	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)	3.17	1.12	Compare →
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)	65.39	53.35	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)	20.19	27.24	Compare →
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)	0.00	0.00	Compare →
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)	$64.30B	$112.46B	Compare →
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)	64.15	50.13	Compare →
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)	0.00	0.01	Compare →
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)	$62.94B	$103.34B	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)	32.73	38.57	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)	7.85	7.37	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)	8.78	5.39	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)	0.73	0.48	Compare →
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)	37.49	58.22	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)	11.76	14.10	Compare →
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)	0.70	3.58	Compare →
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)	5.16	11.58	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)	25.64	21.55	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)	10.21	28.31	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)	1.36	1.03	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)	2.58	2.45	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)	1.88	8.08	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)	1.81	0.53	Compare →
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)	$1.08B	$2.33B	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)	0.12	0.41	Compare →
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)	0.43	0.58	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)	10.21	28.31	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)	1.88	8.08	Compare →
Personal remittances, paid (current US$)	92.30M	993.23M	Compare →
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)	2.71	5.71	Compare →
Net ODA received (% of GNI)	0.75	0.40	Compare →
Real interest rate (%)	2.88	7.42	Compare →

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Source: World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Values shown are the most recent reported year for each indicator and may differ between countries.