Nigeria — Combined government expenditure (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1950–2031 · 81 observations
About this series
Combined government expenditure records government expense plus net investment in nonfinancial assets within the source series' coverage. It is a flow over the period. WED's combined-government scope requires source metadata. This series expresses that measure as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.
The combined government expenditure reading for Nigeria was 11.7% of GDP in 2025. The previous reading was 12% of GDP in 2024; the period change was −0.3 percentage points. Relative to the selected 10-year average of 9.6% of GDP, the latest reading was above.
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Latest observations
2015–2031
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2031 | 12.3 % of GDP |
| 2030 | 12.4 % of GDP |
| 2029 | 12.4 % of GDP |
| 2028 | 12.5 % of GDP |
| 2027 | 13.3 % of GDP |
12 earlier values, back to 2015
| 2026 | 15 % of GDP |
| 2025 | 11.7 % of GDP |
| 2024 | 12 % of GDP |
| 2023 | 10.4 % of GDP |
| 2022 | 10.6 % of GDP |
| 2021 | 9.09 % of GDP |
| 2020 | 8.73 % of GDP |
| 2019 | 8.87 % of GDP |
| 2018 | 9.1 % of GDP |
| 2017 | 8.51 % of GDP |
| 2016 | 6.93 % of GDP |
| 2015 | 7.85 % of GDP |