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Nigeria: Central government revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · cgovrev_GDP

2025
4.08%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.2 pointsfrom 5.29%
Average, 2016–2025
2.67%10 years
Record high and low
28.1% (2000)low 1.65% (2017)

Central government revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20254.08
20245.29
20233.10
20222.35
20211.99
20201.98
20192.17
20181.98
20171.65
20162.07

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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