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Nigeria: General government expenditure

Millions of local currency · 1990–2024 · 35 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp

2024
44.8 trillionlocal currency
Change on 2023
+37.1%year on year
Average growth, 2014–2024
+16.1%a year

General government expenditure

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10B100B1T10T100T1,000T19902000201020202030NigeriaNigeria
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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2031129,800,000Forecast
2030115,300,000Forecast
2029101,000,000Forecast
202888,474,488Forecast
202782,174,033Forecast
202679,308,790Forecast
202551,782,524Forecast
202444,842,801
202332,700,944
202229,101,867
202122,112,976
202018,654,435
201918,189,013
201815,930,974
201712,767,887
20168,932,381
20159,130,462

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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