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Nigeria — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Nigeria, 1974–2023.
Latest value · 2023
0.32%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -90.1% since 1974
Education spending for Nigeria was 0.32% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 14 years, from 1974 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 3.21% in 1974. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -4.60% per year.
Nigeria ranks 172 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 100%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.61%, so Nigeria sits below it. It peaked in 1974 and has fallen 90% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 40%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
0.32%
First (1974)
3.21%
Change
-90.1%
Highest
3.21%
in 1974
Lowest
0.32%
in 2023
Average
0.80%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-4.60%
Years of data
14
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.32% |
| 2022 | 0.35% |
| 2021 | 0.38% |
| 2020 | 0.36% |
| 2019 | 0.36% |
| 2018 | 0.42% |
| 2017 | 0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.39% |
| 2015 | 0.44% |
| 2014 | 0.47% |
| 2013 | 0.53% |
| 2012 | 0.55% |
Reading this correctly. Total general government expenditure on education, expressed as a percentage of GDP. Includes both current and capital spending. Figures are in % of GDP. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS — Government Education Spending (% of GDP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.