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Nigeria: Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure

8.21percent · 2013+28.4% since 2003

Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure (%) (IMF calculation). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGOVEXP.IMFCALC. Annual figures for Nigeria from 2003 to 2013.

20032013

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20138.212
20128.599
20117.877
20106.167
20095.227
20086.566
20078.062
20067.444
20055.975
20045.69
20036.397

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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UIS (2026). Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-xgovexp-imfcalc (accessed 2026-11-12). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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