Nigeria Government Revenue and Spending Over Time (1990–2026)

Global Statistics and Country Indicators

Government Revenue (% of GDP)

Global rank: 184 / 189

Data table

1990	13.7%	2000	20.5%	2009	7.2%	2018	6%
1991	12.4%	2001	19.6%	2010	8.8%	2019	5.6%
1992	16.9%	2002	14.7%	2011	12.6%	2020	4.7%
1993	13.9%	2003	14.9%	2012	10.4%	2021	5.1%
1994	9.1%	2004	16.9%	2013	8.2%	2022	6.6%
1995	11.4%	2005	16.1%	2014	7.8%	2023	7.3%
1996	11.2%	2006	15%	2015	5.1%	2024	10.8%
1997	10.8%	2007	12.1%	2016	3.6%	2025	10%
1998	7.7%	2008	14.3%	2017	4.7%	2026	10.6%
1999	13.5%

Government Revenue (Local currency - NGN)

Data table

1990	96.42B	2000	1.99T	2009	4.48T	2018	10.98T
1991	104.3B	2001	2.25T	2010	6.89T	2019	11.41T
1992	216.4B	2002	2.35T	2011	11.3T	2020	10.05T
1993	246.9B	2003	2.79T	2012	10.68T	2021	12.46T
1994	226B	2004	4.13T	2013	9.3T	2022	18.13T
1995	464.6B	2005	5.06T	2014	9.86T	2023	22.89T
1996	598.1B	2006	6.04T	2015	6.9T	2024	40.1T
1997	626.3B	2007	5.62T	2016	5.25T	2025	44T
1998	496.9B	2008	7.86T	2017	7.56T	2026	56.08T
1999	1.01T

Government Spending (% of GDP)

Global rank: 182 / 189

Data table

1990	14.2%	2000	17.6%	2009	11%	2018	9.1%
1991	13.6%	2001	21.9%	2010	11.8%	2019	8.9%
1992	15.9%	2002	13.8%	2011	12.3%	2020	8.7%
1993	20%	2003	16.5%	2012	10.5%	2021	9.1%
1994	12.1%	2004	13%	2013	10%	2022	10.6%
1995	8.9%	2005	12.6%	2014	9.5%	2023	10.4%
1996	7.9%	2006	8.7%	2015	7.8%	2024	12%
1997	9.7%	2007	12.9%	2016	6.9%	2025	11.7%
1998	11.2%	2008	10.2%	2017	8.5%	2026	15%
1999	14.9%

Government Spending (Local currency - NGN)

Data table

1990	99.77B	2000	1.71T	2009	6.83T	2018	16.55T
1991	114.2B	2001	2.51T	2010	9.2T	2019	18.19T
1992	204.3B	2002	2.2T	2011	11.02T	2020	18.65T
1993	354.6B	2003	3.09T	2012	10.77T	2021	22.11T
1994	299.4B	2004	3.18T	2013	11.46T	2022	29.1T
1995	361.8B	2005	3.97T	2014	12.05T	2023	32.7T
1996	418.6B	2006	3.53T	2015	10.52T	2024	44.84T
1997	560.5B	2007	5.98T	2016	10.01T	2025	51.78T
1998	721.4B	2008	5.63T	2017	13.78T	2026	79.31T
1999	1.11T