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Nigeria: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 74 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
6.43%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.4 pointsfrom 6.78%
Average, 2016–2025
5.55%10 years
Record high and low
46.8% (1976)low 4.45% (2014)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20256.43
20246.78
20235.93
20225.47
20215.74
20205.38
20195.35
20184.98
20174.58
20164.84

Sources

  • Mitchell1950–1993
  • African Development Bank1980–2025

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Nigeria documentation (PDF)

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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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