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Nigeria: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2024 · 75 observations · gcons_GDP

2024
6.56%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+1.1 pointsfrom 5.46%
Average, 2015–2024
6.18%10 years
Record high and low
9.45% (2007)low 0.704% (1951)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20246.56
20235.46
20225.22
20216.35
20209.37
20196.19
20185.84
20174.55
20165.51
20156.77

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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