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Nigeria — Government consumption

millions of NGN · Annual · 1950–2024 · 75 observations

About this series

Government final consumption expenditure is government spending on goods and services used to meet individual or collective needs, such as health, education, public order and defence. It is part of GDP and does not represent all government expenditure.

For Nigeria, the government consumption reading stood at 24.46T NGN in 2024. Against 17.13T NGN in 2023, the period change was +42.8%. It was above the selected 10-year average of 13.61T NGN. The corresponding ratio to GDP was 6.56% in 2024.

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Latest observations

2010–2024

PeriodValue
202424.46T NGN
202317.13T NGN
202214.31T NGN
202115.44T NGN
202020.02T NGN
10 earlier values, back to 2010
201912.69T NGN
201810.22T NGN
20176.82T NGN
20167.10T NGN
20157.88T NGN
20146.98T NGN
20136.63T NGN
20126.58T NGN
20115.67T NGN
20104.83T NGN
Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.