Relationship dossier
Nigeria
Qatar
Relationship assessment
Bilateral engagement and agreements support cooperation in trade, air services, and cultural fields
Nigeria toward Qatar
+25Nigeria engaged Qatar through high-level government visits and concluded bilateral cooperation agreements during President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2016 visit, including arrangements concerning air services, trade and investment, culture, and sports.
Qatar toward Nigeria
+25Qatar engaged Nigeria through high-level government meetings and concluded bilateral cooperation agreements during President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2016 visit, including arrangements concerning air services, trade and investment, culture, and sports.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship includes high-level engagement and multiple cooperation agreements in economic, transport, and cultural fields. These arrangements provide a substantive basis for bilateral cooperation, though their implementation and continuing scope are unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Nigeria and Qatar have pursued bilateral cooperation through high-level engagement and agreements covering areas including air services, trade and investment, culture, and sports. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari visited Qatar in 2016, when the two governments concluded several cooperation agreements. The scope and implementation of these arrangements are not clear enough to support a stronger assessment.
Key developments
During President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Qatar, the two governments concluded cooperation agreements covering areas including air services, trade and investment, culture, and sports.
Major uncertainties
- The extent to which bilateral cooperation agreements have been implemented is unclear.
- The scope of later government-to-government cooperation is uncertain.