Nigeria vs Niue: Proportion of total government spending on essential services
Nigeria
3.0%
in 2024
Niue
5.6%
in 2025
Nigeria rank
169th
Niue rank
167th
Proportion of total government spending on essential services over time
- Nigeria
- Niue
How they compare
Niue currently reports 5.6% against 3.0% in Nigeria, a difference of 2.6%.
That makes Niue's figure about 1.9 times Nigeria's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Niue has been ahead every year.
Nigeria ranks 169th and Niue ranks 167th of 170 countries.
Niue has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of total government spending on essential services, Nigeria or Niue?
- Niue, at 5.6% against 3.0% in Nigeria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in proportion of total government spending on essential services between Nigeria and Niue?
- 2.6%, with Niue ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Niue?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2020 to 2024.
- How do Nigeria and Niue rank globally for proportion of total government spending on essential services?
- Nigeria ranks 169th and Niue ranks 167th of 170 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education [UIS methodology] (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.