Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)
0.3% Nigeria, 2023
Unchanged from 2022.
Administrative dataYearly
Source: World Bank · World Development Indicators · SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS · version 3, published 2 Nov 2026 · CC-BY-4.0
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How we know
- Definition
- General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of GDP. It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.
- Type of figure
- Administrative data. Counted from government or institutional records, such as school registers or health facility reports.
- Updated
- Yearly
- Compiled from
- Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Source
- World Bank, World Development Indicators (SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS)
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- Version
- Dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026
- Cite this
- World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS. Retrieved via DataNigeria (dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026). Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
All years
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.5% |
| 1975 | 3.1% |
| 1974 | 3.2% |