Brazil vs Nigeria
Brazil vs Nigeria: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $23.6B in Brazil and $1.76B in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by $21.9B, or 13 times that in Nigeria.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Brazil has been higher since 1970, when it overtook Nigeria.
- In 2025, Brazil ranked 21 and Nigeria ranked 66 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Brazil | Nigeria |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $23.6B | $1.76B |
| 2024 | $21B | $1.14B |
| 2023 | $21.1B | $1.78B |
| 2022 | $21.5B | $1.48B |
| 2021 | $22.9B | $2.38B |
| 2020 | $24.2B | $1.52B |
| 2019 | $25.3B | $1.18B |
| 2018 | $26.4B | $1.29B |
| 2017 | $24.8B | $1.09B |
| 2016 | $23.3B | $1.14B |
| 2015 | $24.5B | $1.18B |
| 2014 | $25.1B | $1.21B |
| 2013 | $24.6B | $1.33B |
| 2012 | $24.5B | $1.39B |
| 2011 | $24B | $1.58B |
| 2010 | $24.8B | $1.41B |
| 2009 | $22.3B | $1.21B |
| 2008 | $20.5B | $1.16B |
| 2007 | $19.2B | $825M |
| 2006 | $17.8B | $711M |
| 2005 | $17.2B | $682M |
| 2004 | $15.9B | $772M |
| 2003 | $15.3B | $793M |
| 2002 | $19.2B | $1.29B |
| 2001 | $19B | $853M |
| 2000 | $16.4B | $599M |
| 1999 | $15.1B | $776M |
| 1998 | $14.8B | $458M |
| 1997 | $13.7B | $359M |
| 1996 | $13.8B | $334M |
| 1995 | $14.9B | $394M |
| 1994 | $13.2B | $342M |
| 1993 | $11.1B | $487M |
| 1992 | $8.08B | $360M |
| 1991 | $10.3B | $419M |
| 1990 | $12.7B | $437M |
| 1989 | $15.2B | $264M |
| 1988 | $14.4B | $389M |
| 1987 | $11.6B | $396M |
| 1986 | $8.45B | $494M |
| 1985 | $9.23B | $561M |
| 1984 | $6.72B | $574M |
| 1983 | $6.34B | $859M |
| 1982 | $6.75B | $998M |
| 1981 | $5.83B | $1.28B |
| 1980 | $5.98B | $1.93B |
| 1979 | $6.81B | $2.38B |
| 1978 | $6.52B | $2.75B |
| 1977 | $6.56B | $3.53B |
| 1976 | $7.18B | $3.33B |
| 1975 | $6.14B | $4.66B |
| 1974 | $5.59B | $2.85B |
| 1973 | $5.34B | $2.53B |
| 1972 | $4.7B | $2.36B |
| 1971 | $3.11B | $1.87B |
| 1970 | $3.13B | $2.26B |
| 1969 | $2.63B | $2.65B |
| 1968 | $2.49B | $1.58B |
| 1967 | $2.4B | $1.02B |
| 1966 | $2.5B | $228M |
| 1965 | $2.76B | $296M |
| 1964 | $1.65B | $254M |
| 1963 | $1.76B | $214M |
| 1962 | $1.8B | $177M |
| 1961 | $1.69B | $136M |
| 1960 | $1.81B | $120M |
| 1959 | $1.97B | – |
| 1958 | $2.49B | – |
| 1957 | $2.48B | – |
| 1953 | $1.65B | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Brazil vs Nigeria
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023Nigeria: 54.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024Nigeria: 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Nigeria: 69.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBrazil: 87.3% in 2022Nigeria: 29% in 2022
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017Nigeria: 3.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Nigeria: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023Nigeria: 228 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023Nigeria: 2.1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Nigeria: 4.48 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025Nigeria: 63.8% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023Nigeria: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023Nigeria: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Nigeria: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Nigeria: 0.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025Nigeria: $9 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025Nigeria: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020Nigeria: 223,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022Nigeria: 1.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020Nigeria: 0.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBrazil: 462 million TIV in 2025Nigeria: 21 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025Nigeria: 4 million TIV in 2022