Nigeria — Combined government deficit (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1950–2031 · 81 observations
About this series
The combined government deficit series records the period's fiscal balance under the source's accounting and sign convention. A deficit indicates a shortfall; the series is a flow, not a debt stock. WED's combined-government scope requires source metadata. This series expresses that measure as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.
In Nigeria, the combined government deficit reading was −1.76% of GDP in 2025, compared with −1.27% of GDP in 2024. The period change was −0.49 percentage points. The latest reading was above the selected 10-year average of −3.17% of GDP.
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Latest observations
2015–2031
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2031 | -1.87 % of GDP |
| 2030 | -2.09 % of GDP |
| 2029 | -2.16 % of GDP |
| 2028 | -2.35 % of GDP |
| 2027 | -2.91 % of GDP |
12 earlier values, back to 2015
| 2026 | -4.39 % of GDP |
| 2025 | -1.76 % of GDP |
| 2024 | -1.27 % of GDP |
| 2023 | -3.12 % of GDP |
| 2022 | -4 % of GDP |
| 2021 | -3.97 % of GDP |
| 2020 | -4.03 % of GDP |
| 2019 | -3.31 % of GDP |
| 2018 | -3.06 % of GDP |
| 2017 | -3.85 % of GDP |
| 2016 | -3.3 % of GDP |
| 2015 | -2.7 % of GDP |