The health expenditure as a share of gross domestic product in Nigeria increased by 0.7 percentage points (+20.71 percent) compared to the previous year. Therefore, the share in Nigeria reached a peak in 2021 with 4.08 percent. This indicator estimates current health expenditures, including healthcare goods and services consumed during each year. This indicator does not include capital health expenditures such as buildings, machinery, IT, and stocks of vaccines for emergency or outbreaks. The level of current health expenditure is expressed as a share of GDP.
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