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Nigeria

How Nigeria's economy is moving, sector by sector, with every number sourced.

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Nigeria Overview dashboard

Central govt debt

% GDP

No World Bank data for this country.

Long-run trend

Annual · World Bank WDI

Full series 2000–latest so no single baseline year is cherry-picked.

Claim checksEach number with its counterweight
Claim check

"We've massively increased health spending."

The data
Health expenditure (% GDP)
2013
3.4%
2023
4.2%
increase+0.8 change
Counter-metric
Infant mortality (per 1,000 births)
2014
68.1
2024
69.8
increase+1.7 change

Spending share changed +0.8 pts; infant mortality changed +1.7 per 1,000. Outcomes are the counterweight to inputs.

Sources: World Bank SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS, SP.DYN.IMRT.IN. Claim wording is a generic template, not a quote.

Claim check

"Manufacturing is the engine of growth."

The data
Manufacturing value added (% GDP)
2015
9.4%
2025
8.3%
decrease-1.2 change
Counter-metric
Industry value added (% GDP)
2015
20.2%
2025
16.4%
decrease-3.7 change

Manufacturing share of GDP changed -1.2 pts vs industry overall -3.7 pts.

Sources: World Bank NV.IND.MANF.ZS, NV.IND.TOTL.ZS. Claim wording is a generic template, not a quote.

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