Relationship dossier
Nigeria
Venezuela
Relationship assessment
Nigeria and Venezuela have pursued bilateral cooperation, particularly in energy.
Nigeria toward Venezuela
+20Nigeria pursued energy cooperation with Venezuela through bilateral agreements and engagement involving the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and Venezuela's state oil company.
Venezuela toward Nigeria
+20Venezuela pursued energy cooperation with Nigeria through bilateral agreements and engagement involving its state oil company and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship has included concrete bilateral energy cooperation, giving it a cooperative foundation. The known initiatives do not establish how extensively they were implemented or sustained, and no major bilateral confrontation is identified in the known relationship.
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 Venezuela have pursued practical cooperation, particularly in the energy sector, through bilateral agreements and engagement between their state oil companies. The relationship has included broader cooperation discussions, but its implementation and durability are unclear.
Key developments
Nigeria and Venezuela pursued bilateral cooperation agreements, including in energy, alongside engagement between their state oil companies.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral energy and other cooperation agreements are unclear.
- The continuity of government and state-oil-company cooperation is uncertain.