Burkina Faso vs Nigeria
Burkina Faso vs Nigeria: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $844M in Burkina Faso and $1.76B in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nigeria, by $912M, or 2.08 times that in Burkina Faso.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Nigeria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- In 2025, Burkina Faso ranked 83 and Nigeria ranked 66 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Burkina Faso | Nigeria |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $844M | $1.76B |
| 2024 | $1.02B | $1.14B |
| 2023 | $862M | $1.78B |
| 2022 | $607M | $1.48B |
| 2021 | $503M | $2.38B |
| 2020 | $451M | $1.52B |
| 2019 | $438M | $1.18B |
| 2018 | $344M | $1.29B |
| 2017 | $230M | $1.09B |
| 2016 | $185M | $1.14B |
| 2015 | $184M | $1.18B |
| 2014 | $185M | $1.21B |
| 2013 | $173M | $1.33B |
| 2012 | $160M | $1.39B |
| 2011 | $144M | $1.58B |
| 2010 | $139M | $1.41B |
| 2009 | $135M | $1.21B |
| 2008 | $121M | $1.16B |
| 2007 | $132M | $825M |
| 2006 | $96.7M | $711M |
| 2005 | $101M | $682M |
| 2004 | $96.2M | $772M |
| 2003 | $81.4M | $793M |
| 2002 | $83.4M | $1.29B |
| 2001 | $77.7M | $853M |
| 2000 | $78.9M | $599M |
| 1999 | $77.4M | $776M |
| 1998 | $69.5M | $458M |
| 1997 | $70.5M | $359M |
| 1996 | $60.9M | $334M |
| 1995 | $62.6M | $394M |
| 1994 | $61.4M | $342M |
| 1993 | $78.4M | $487M |
| 1992 | $86.6M | $360M |
| 1991 | $88.4M | $419M |
| 1990 | $106M | $437M |
| 1989 | $97.7M | $264M |
| 1988 | $77.7M | $389M |
| 1987 | $72.5M | $396M |
| 1986 | $82M | $494M |
| 1985 | $54.9M | $561M |
| 1984 | $56.8M | $574M |
| 1983 | $56.4M | $859M |
| 1982 | $59M | $998M |
| 1981 | $56.4M | $1.28B |
| 1980 | $49.2M | $1.93B |
| 1979 | $50.3M | $2.38B |
| 1978 | $62.1M | $2.75B |
| 1977 | $51.8M | $3.53B |
| 1976 | $55.8M | $3.33B |
| 1975 | $42.4M | $4.66B |
| 1974 | $19.6M | $2.85B |
| 1973 | $19.2M | $2.53B |
| 1972 | $19M | $2.36B |
| 1971 | $17.7M | $1.87B |
| 1970 | $17.4M | $2.26B |
| 1969 | $16M | $2.65B |
| 1968 | $15.7M | $1.58B |
| 1967 | $15.3M | $1.02B |
| 1966 | $15.4M | $228M |
| 1965 | $14.1M | $296M |
| 1964 | $21.4M | $254M |
| 1963 | $21.5M | $214M |
| 1962 | $21.1M | $177M |
| 1961 | $7.18M | $136M |
| 1960 | $6.57M | $120M |
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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
Burkina Faso vs Nigeria
Health
- Life expectancyBurkina Faso: 61.1 years in 2023Nigeria: 54.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBurkina Faso: 7.5 per 100 live births in 2024Nigeria: 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBurkina Faso: 52.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Nigeria: 69.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBurkina Faso: 3.69% in 2017Nigeria: 3.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateBurkina Faso: 13.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Nigeria: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBurkina Faso: 23 million people in 2023Nigeria: 228 million people in 2023
- Population growthBurkina Faso: 2.26% a year in 2023Nigeria: 2.1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBurkina Faso: 4.19 births per woman in 2023Nigeria: 4.48 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBurkina Faso: 28.9% in 2025Nigeria: 63.8% in 2025
- Median ageBurkina Faso: 17.3 years in 2023Nigeria: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBurkina Faso: 2.6% in 2023Nigeria: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateBurkina Faso: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Nigeria: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBurkina Faso: 3.3% of GDP in 2025Nigeria: 0.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personBurkina Faso: $37 in 2025Nigeria: $9 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBurkina Faso: 13.2% of government spending in 2025Nigeria: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBurkina Faso: 11,000 people in 2020Nigeria: 223,000 people in 2020
- National powerBurkina Faso: 0.09% of world capability in 2022Nigeria: 1.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBurkina Faso: 0.12% of the labour force in 2020Nigeria: 0.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBurkina Faso: 34 million TIV in 2025Nigeria: 21 million TIV in 2025