Nigeria vs Zambia: Current budget balance, including grants

Nigeria
2.21 trillion current LCU
in 2005
Zambia
2.42 trillion current LCU
in 2011
Nigeria rank
4th
Zambia rank
2nd

Current budget balance, including grants over time

  • Nigeria
  • Zambia
010,000.0T20,000.0T30,000.0T40,000.0T50,000.0T198519982011

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 2.42 trillion current LCU against 2.21 trillion current LCU in Nigeria, a difference of 209.84 billion current LCU.

That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 12 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Nigeria ahead.

Nigeria ranks 4th and Zambia ranks 2nd of 51 countries.

Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Nigeria Zambia Difference Ahead
1990s 7,752.39 trillion current LCU -10.24 billion current LCU 7,752.40 trillion current LCU Nigeria
2000s 818.17 billion current LCU 185.98 billion current LCU 632.19 billion current LCU Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher current budget balance, including grants, Nigeria or Zambia?
Zambia, at 2.42 trillion current LCU against 2.21 trillion current LCU in Nigeria as of 2011.
What is the difference in current budget balance, including grants between Nigeria and Zambia?
209.84 billion current LCU, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Zambia?
12 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2005.
How do Nigeria and Zambia rank globally for current budget balance, including grants?
Nigeria ranks 4th and Zambia ranks 2nd of 51 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank country economists, published as Current budget balance, including grants (current LCU). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Current budget balance, including grants (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
51 places, 1,408 data points, 1965–2011
Last refreshed

The excess of current revenue over current expenditure. data are in current local currencies.