Current health expenditure (% of GDP)
4.2% Nigeria, 2023
Unchanged from 2022.
International estimateYearly
Source: World Bank · World Development Indicators · SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS · version 3, published 2 Nov 2026 · CC-BY-4.0
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How we know
- Definition
- Level of current health expenditure expressed as a percentage of GDP. Estimates of current health expenditures include healthcare goods and services consumed during each year. This indicator does not include capital health expenditures such as buildings, machinery, IT and stocks of vaccines for emergency or outbreaks.
- Type of figure
- International estimate. Estimated by an international organisation from several national sources.
- Updated
- Yearly
- Compiled from
- Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO)
- Source
- World Bank, World Development Indicators (SH.XPD.CHEX.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 SH.XPD.CHEX.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 | 4.2% |
| 2022 | 4.2% |
| 2021 | 4.1% |
| 2020 | 3.4% |
| 2019 | 3.0% |
| 2018 | 3.1% |
| 2017 | 3.7% |
| 2016 | 3.6% |
| 2015 | 3.6% |
| 2014 | 3.3% |
| 2013 | 3.4% |
| 2012 | 3.4% |
| 2011 | 3.3% |
| 2010 | 3.3% |
| 2009 | 3.6% |
| 2008 | 3.7% |
| 2007 | 3.9% |
| 2006 | 4.3% |
| 2005 | 4.5% |
| 2004 | 4.6% |
| 2003 | 5.1% |
| 2002 | 2.5% |
| 2001 | 3.2% |
| 2000 | 3.2% |