How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria?

24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO), published as Domestic general government health expenditure (% of general government expenditure). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Democratic Republic of Congo vs Nigeria: Domestic general government health expenditure

Democratic Republic of Congo

4.0%

in 2023

Nigeria

4.3%

in 2023

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

180th

Nigeria rank

177th

Domestic general government health expenditure over time

Democratic Republic of Congo
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 4.3% against 4.0% in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 0.3%.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 180th and Nigeria ranks 177th of 193 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Democratic Republic of Congo averaged higher in 1 and Nigeria in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Democratic Republic of Congo	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
2000s	2.5%	4.5%	2.0%	Nigeria
2010s	3.7%	3.8%	0.1%	Nigeria
2020s	4.4%	4.3%	0.1%	Democratic Republic of Congo

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher domestic general government health expenditure, Democratic Republic of Congo or Nigeria?: Nigeria, at 4.3% against 4.0% in Democratic Republic of Congo as of 2023.
What is the difference in domestic general government health expenditure between Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria?: 0.3%, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria?: 24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria rank globally for domestic general government health expenditure?: Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 180th and Nigeria ranks 177th of 193 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO), published as Domestic general government health expenditure (% of general government expenditure). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Domestic general government health expenditure (% of general government expenditure)
Unit: % of general government expenditure
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 220 places, 4,981 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

Public expenditure on health from domestic sources as a share of total public expenditure. It indicates the priority of the government to spend on health from own domestic public resources.