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Nigeria: Government revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2024 · 75 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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
20.8% (1980)low 3.63% (2016)

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

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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