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Nigeria: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1990–2024 · 35 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2024
12.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+1.6 pointsfrom 10.4%
Average, 2015–2024
9.21%10 years
Record high and low
21.9% (2001)low 6.93% (2016)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203112.3Forecast
203012.4Forecast
202912.4Forecast
202812.5Forecast
202713.3Forecast
202615.0Forecast
202511.7Forecast
202412.0
202310.4
202210.6
20219.09
20208.73
20198.87
20189.10
20178.51
20166.93
20157.85

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1990–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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