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Niger: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1960–2025 · 66 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
15.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.2 pointsfrom 15.1%
Average, 2016–2025
19.6%10 years
Record high and low
24.3% (2015)low 8.43% (1961)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202515.0
202415.1
202315.9
202221.6
202124.3
202022.9
201921.6
201821.2
201719.5
201619.3

Sources

  • Mitchell1960–2010
  • Central Bank of West African States1960–2024
  • World Development Indicators1976–1980
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • AFRISTAT1990–2022

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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