Health expenditure
% GDP4.2%down-0.02
World Bank SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS (opens in new tab) · data year 2023 (vs 2022) · updated 2026-10-08
Sub-Saharan Africa / NGA
Nigeria
Healthcare: the indicators that matter, sourced and dated.
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Nigeria Healthcare dashboard
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Life expectancy
years54.6up+0.17
World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN (opens in new tab) · data year 2024 (vs 2023) · updated 2026-10-08
Infant mortality
per 1,000 births69.8down-0.30
World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN (opens in new tab) · data year 2024 (vs 2023) · updated 2026-10-08
Physicians
per 1,000 people0.4down-0.01
World Bank SH.MED.PHYS.ZS (opens in new tab) · data year 2023 (vs 2022) · updated 2026-10-08
Long-run trend
Annual · World Bank WDIFull 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.
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