Education expenditure in the budget in Nigeria in 2024 — 2.98%. Ranked 98 in the world out of 99. Since 2012, the indicator has fallen by 5.57 pp.
2012–2024 · % of government expenditure
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Nigeria
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.98 | −0.67 pp |
| 2023 | 3.65 | −0.66 pp |
| 2022 | 4.3 | −0.84 pp |
| 2021 | 5.14 | +0.01 pp |
| 2020 | 5.13 | −0.72 pp |
| 2019 | 5.85 | −0.09 pp |
| 2018 | 5.94 | −0.18 pp |
| 2017 | 6.12 | −0.53 pp |
| 2016 | 6.65 | −2.6 pp |
| 2015 | 9.26 | +0.22 pp |
| 2014 | 9.04 | +0.36 pp |
| 2013 | 8.68 | +0.13 pp |
| 2012 | 8.55 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Government expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure. Unlike the share of GDP, it shows the priority within the budget: a country may spend little on education as a percentage of GDP, yet with a small state that turns out to be a significant part of all expenditure. The international benchmark agreed under the Dakar Framework for Action is fifteen to twenty percent of the budget.
Important: The aggregate is weighted by government consumption in dollars: it accounts for about two thirds of all budget expenditure, and the source does not publish absolute spending. The same device is used for military expenditure in the budget.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.
Government spending on education at all levels as a percentage of GDP.
Defense Military expenditure share of the budgetWhat part of government spending goes to defense.
Education Harmonized test scoresWhat children have actually learned — a score on a scale that brings different international tests together.
