Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Niue
Niue: Proportion of total government spending on essential services was 5.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
5.6%
Change on year
down 5.1%
World rank
167th
of 170 countries
All-time high
6.9%
in 2021
All-time low
5.6%
in 2025
Years of data
6
2020–2025
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Niue, 2020–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Niue recorded 5.6% for proportion of total government spending on essential services in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.1% on the previous year and down 17.0% over ten years.
Niue ranks 167th of 170 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Niue, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6.7% | — |
| 2021 | 6.9% | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 6.7% | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 6.9% | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 5.9% | -14.6% |
| 2025 | 5.6% | -5.1% |
Countries ranked near Niue
- 164 Antigua and Barbuda 5.9% compare
- 165 Dominica 5.8% compare
- 166 Montserrat 5.7% compare
- 168 Papua New Guinea 3.5%
- 169 Nigeria 3.0% compare
- 170 South Sudan 0.0% compare
More education data for Niue
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of total government spending on essential services in Niue?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Niue was 5.6% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Niue?
- The highest recorded value was 6.9% in 2021.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Niue?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.6% in 2025.
- How does Niue rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services?
- Niue ranks 167th out of 170 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services rising or falling in Niue?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Niue data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education [UIS methodology] (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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