COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Niger Government Expense
Niger government expense: latest available value for 1980, historical series from 1976, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 10,16 | 0,99 |
| 1979 | 9,18 | -0,27 |
| 1978 | 9,45 | 0,59 |
| 1977 | 8,86 | -1,13 |
| 1976 | 9,99 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Expense is a decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
Source organization: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Development Indicators, World Bank (WB); National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Metadata fetched: 2026-09-27 04:15:44. Open original metadata response.
Revision history
15 detected changesSource revisions are retained before the current observation is replaced. This table documents the previous and replacement value for reproducibility.
| Detected | Data year | Previous value | Replacement value | Source | Source update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 21:20:04 | 1976 | 9,99 | 9,99 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 21:20:04 | 1977 | 8,86 | 8,86 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 21:20:04 | 1978 | 9,45 | 9,45 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 21:20:04 | 1979 | 9,18 | 9,18 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 21:20:04 | 1980 | 10,16 | 10,16 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-09 16:30:23 | 1976 | 9,99 | 9,99 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-09 16:30:23 | 1977 | 8,86 | 8,86 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-09 16:30:23 | 1978 | 9,45 | 9,45 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-09 16:30:23 | 1979 | 9,18 | 9,18 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-09 16:30:23 | 1980 | 10,16 | 10,16 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 07:19:56 | 1976 | 9,99 | 9,99 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 07:19:56 | 1977 | 8,86 | 8,86 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 07:19:56 | 1978 | 9,45 | 9,45 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 07:19:56 | 1979 | 9,18 | 9,18 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 07:19:56 | 1980 | 10,16 | 10,16 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesNiger recorded 10,16 percent of GDP in 1980, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 1979, the government expense increased by 0,99.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.
Across 5 observations from 1976 to 1980, the average was 9,53; the minimum was 8,86 in 1977 and the maximum was 10,16 in 1980.
Niger ranks 154 out of 161 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for Sub-Saharan Africa.
It is also below the available average for the Low income group.
Ongoing fiscal expenditure intensity.