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Nigeria — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Nigeria, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
4.19%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +31.1% since 2000
Health spending for Nigeria was 4.19% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 5.05% in 2003. The lowest was 2.49% in 2002 (about 1.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.18% per year.
Nigeria ranks 149 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 79%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.48%, so Nigeria sits below it. It peaked in 2003 and has fallen 17% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 23%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
4.19%
First (2000)
3.20%
Change
+31.1%
Highest
5.05%
in 2003
Lowest
2.49%
in 2002
Average
3.67%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.18%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.19% |
| 2022 | 4.21% |
| 2021 | 4.08% |
| 2020 | 3.38% |
| 2019 | 2.99% |
| 2018 | 3.09% |
| 2017 | 3.75% |
| 2016 | 3.65% |
| 2015 | 3.58% |
| 2014 | 3.35% |
| 2013 | 3.42% |
| 2012 | 3.36% |
Reading this correctly. Current health expenditure as a share of GDP. Covers both public and private spending on health goods and services. 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
SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS — Health 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.