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Nigeria: General government revenue (% of GDP)

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

2024
10.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+3.5 pointsfrom 7.29%
Average, 2015–2024
5.95%10 years
Record high and low
20.5% (2000)low 3.63% (2016)

General government revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203110.4Forecast
203010.3Forecast
202910.3Forecast
202810.1Forecast
202710.4Forecast
202610.6Forecast
20259.97Forecast
202410.8
20237.29
20226.61
20215.12
20204.71
20195.56
20186.04
20174.67
20163.63
20155.15

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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