Expense in Nigeria
Nigeria: Expense was 14.94 billion current US$ in 2008. ▲ Rising
Expense in Nigeria, 2004–2008
Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files. Measured in current US$.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 14.94 billion current US$ for expense in 2008. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 41.3% on the previous year and up 221.2% over five years.
Nigeria ranks 7th of 29 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Countries ranked near Nigeria
More public sector data for Nigeria
- Arms imports 67.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure 0.6% (2024)
- Military expenditure 1.13 billion current USD (2024)
- Armed forces personnel, total 223,000 (2020)
- Armed forces personnel 0.2% (2020)
- Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 1 data use score 100 scale 0-100 (2024)
- Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 3 data products score 74.86 scale 0-100 (2024)
- Military expenditure 1.68 trillion current LCU (2024)
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 4.2% (2025)
- Military expenditure 3.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is expense in Nigeria?
- Expense in Nigeria was 14.94 billion current US$ in 2008, according to International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.
- What is the highest expense recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 14.94 billion current US$ in 2008.
- What is the lowest expense recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.65 billion current US$ in 2004.
- How does Nigeria rank for expense?
- Nigeria ranks 7th out of 29 countries with data for 2008.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, published as part of Expense (current US$). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Expense is cash payments for operating activities of the government in providing goods and services. It includes compensation of employees (such as wages and salaries), interest and subsidies, grants, social benefits, and other expenses such as rent and dividends. Data are in current U.S. dollars.