Burundi vs Nigeria
Burundi vs Nigeria: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $169M in Burundi and $1.76B in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nigeria, by $1.59B, or 10 times that in Burundi.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Nigeria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1965.
- In 2025, Burundi ranked 124 and Nigeria ranked 66 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Burundi | Nigeria |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $169M | $1.76B |
| 2024 | $172M | $1.14B |
| 2023 | $156M | $1.78B |
| 2022 | $110M | $1.48B |
| 2021 | $84.9M | $2.38B |
| 2020 | $88M | $1.52B |
| 2019 | $114M | $1.18B |
| 2018 | $84.5M | $1.29B |
| 2017 | $77.5M | $1.09B |
| 2016 | $90M | $1.14B |
| 2015 | $89.9M | $1.18B |
| 2014 | $87.8M | $1.21B |
| 2013 | $90.2M | $1.33B |
| 2012 | $87.5M | $1.39B |
| 2011 | – | $1.58B |
| 2010 | – | $1.41B |
| 2009 | – | $1.21B |
| 2008 | $81.5M | $1.16B |
| 2007 | $97.7M | $825M |
| 2006 | $97.3M | $711M |
| 2005 | $117M | $682M |
| 2004 | $122M | $772M |
| 2003 | $125M | $793M |
| 2002 | $123M | $1.29B |
| 2001 | $128M | $853M |
| 2000 | $96.8M | $599M |
| 1999 | $113M | $776M |
| 1998 | $107M | $458M |
| 1997 | $100M | $359M |
| 1996 | $92.8M | $334M |
| 1995 | $80.1M | $394M |
| 1994 | $96.2M | $342M |
| 1993 | $91.9M | $487M |
| 1992 | $92.9M | $360M |
| 1991 | $90.4M | $419M |
| 1990 | $88.3M | $437M |
| 1989 | $83.8M | $264M |
| 1988 | $74.8M | $389M |
| 1987 | $61.8M | $396M |
| 1986 | $68.8M | $494M |
| 1985 | $68.8M | $561M |
| 1984 | $65.8M | $574M |
| 1983 | $67.1M | $859M |
| 1982 | $75M | $998M |
| 1981 | $64.9M | $1.28B |
| 1980 | $67.4M | $1.93B |
| 1979 | $50M | $2.38B |
| 1978 | $58.1M | $2.75B |
| 1977 | $59M | $3.53B |
| 1976 | $43.1M | $3.33B |
| 1975 | $36M | $4.66B |
| 1974 | $37.5M | $2.85B |
| 1973 | $34M | $2.53B |
| 1972 | $24M | $2.36B |
| 1971 | $18.2M | $1.87B |
| 1970 | – | $2.26B |
| 1969 | $23.9M | $2.65B |
| 1968 | $19.3M | $1.58B |
| 1967 | $18.8M | $1.02B |
| 1966 | $17.9M | $228M |
| 1965 | $17M | $296M |
| 1964 | – | $254M |
| 1963 | – | $214M |
| 1962 | – | $177M |
| 1961 | – | $136M |
| 1960 | – | $120M |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
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
Burundi vs Nigeria
Health
- Life expectancyBurundi: 63.7 years in 2023Nigeria: 54.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBurundi: 4.7 per 100 live births in 2024Nigeria: 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBurundi: 35.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Nigeria: 69.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBurundi: 3.72% in 2017Nigeria: 3.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateBurundi: 12.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Nigeria: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBurundi: 13.7 million people in 2023Nigeria: 228 million people in 2023
- Population growthBurundi: 2.71% a year in 2023Nigeria: 2.1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBurundi: 4.88 births per woman in 2023Nigeria: 4.48 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBurundi: 25.7% in 2025Nigeria: 63.8% in 2025
- Median ageBurundi: 15.9 years in 2023Nigeria: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBurundi: 2.5% in 2023Nigeria: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateBurundi: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Nigeria: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBurundi: 3.24% of GDP in 2025Nigeria: 0.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personBurundi: $16 in 2025Nigeria: $9 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBurundi: 14.9% of government spending in 2025Nigeria: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBurundi: 31,000 people in 2020Nigeria: 223,000 people in 2020
- National powerBurundi: 0.06% of world capability in 2022Nigeria: 1.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBurundi: 0.59% of the labour force in 2020Nigeria: 0.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBurundi: 2 million TIV in 2019Nigeria: 21 million TIV in 2025