Total Expenditure (central government) β€” Value US$ in Nigeria

Nigeria: Total Expenditure (central government) β€” Value US$ was 16,841 million USD in 2024. β–² Rising

Latest (2024)
16,841 million USD
Change on year
down 46.0%
World rank
76th
of 172 countries
All-time high
34,354 million USD
in 2022
All-time low
9,617 million USD
in 2003
Years of data
22
2003–2024

Total Expenditure (central government) β€” Value US$ in Nigeria, 2003–2024

10.0k15.0k20.0k25.0k30.0k35.0k2003201320242003: 9.6k million USD2004: 11.3k million USD2005: 14.6k million USD2006: 15.8k million USD2007: 19.5k million USD2008: 27.3k million USD2009: 23.2k million USD2010: 27.9k million USD2011: 30.6k million USD2012: 29.2k million USD2013: 33.0k million USD2014: 28.9k million USD2015: 25.9k million USD2016: 21.2k million USD2017: 21.1k million USD2018: 25.5k million USD2019: 31.7k million USD2020: 27.7k million USD2021: 29.2k million USD2022: 34.4k million USD2023: 31.2k million USD2024: 16.8k million USD

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million USD.

Analysis

In 2024, total expenditure (central government) β€” value us$ in Nigeria stood at 16,841 million USD.

That represents a change of down 46.0% on the previous year and down 41.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, total expenditure (central government) β€” value us$ in Nigeria peaked at 34,354 million USD in 2022 and was at its lowest, 9,617 million USD, in 2003.

That places Nigeria 76th out of 172 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 17,344 million USD 9,617 million USD 27,334 million USD 7
2010s 27,510 million USD 21,115 million USD 32,962 million USD 10
2020s 27,858 million USD 16,841 million USD 34,354 million USD 5

Countries ranked near Nigeria

  1. 73 Costa Rica 18,833 million USD compare
  2. 74 Sri Lanka 17,198 million USD compare
  3. 75 United Arab Emirates 16,990 million USD compare
  4. 77 Estonia 16,530 million USD compare
  5. 78 Jordan 15,499 million USD compare
  6. 79 Belarus, Republic of 13,913 million USD compare

See the full ranking of 188 places β†’

More economy & growth data for Nigeria

All data for Nigeria β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is total expenditure (central government) β€” value us$ in Nigeria?
Total expenditure (central government) β€” value us$ in Nigeria was 16,841 million USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest total expenditure (central government) β€” value us$ recorded in Nigeria?
The highest recorded value was 34,354 million USD in 2022.
What is the lowest total expenditure (central government) β€” value us$ recorded in Nigeria?
The lowest recorded value was 9,617 million USD in 2003.
How does Nigeria rank for total expenditure (central government) β€” value us$?
Nigeria ranks 76th out of 172 countries with data for 2024.
Is total expenditure (central government) β€” value us$ rising or falling in Nigeria?
Over the last ten years it is down 41.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Nigeria data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Total Expenditure (central government) β€” Value US$. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV Β· JSON β€” 22 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Total Expenditure (central government) β€” Value US$ in Nigeria. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 19 August 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/stat/total-expenditure-central-government-value-us/nigeria/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/stat/total-expenditure-central-government-value-us/nigeria/">Total Expenditure (central government) β€” Value US$ in Nigeria</a> β€” Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Total Expenditure (central government) β€” Value US$
Unit
million USD
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
188 places, 3,857 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed

The Statistics Division of FAO collects annually data on Government Expenditure on Agriculture through a questionnaire, which was developed in partnership with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF is the responsible institution for the Government Finance Statistics (GFS) methodology and annually collects GFS data, including Expenditure by Functions of Government (COFOG). The Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG) is an international classification developed by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and published by the United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD), with the aim of categorise governments' functions according to their purposes. The FAO questionnaire aligns with Table 7 of the IMF GFS questionnaire, replicates the relevant aggregates and drills down to request additional detail related to Agriculture. The FAO dataset consists of a time series, from 2001 onwards, of Total Government Expenditure and expenditure in: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, along with its three disaggregated subsectors of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing; and Environmental Protection. In addition, expenditure in each detailed function are further disaggregated into Recurrent and Capital expenditure. Additional indicators include the Agriculture Share of Government Expenditure, and the Agriculture Orientation Index (ratio between the Agriculture Share of Government Expenditure and the Agriculture Value Added as Share of GDP). Data are reported for the highest level of government available (Consolidated general government, consolidated central government or budgetary central government) and are available for about 100 countries on a regular basis.