Colombia vs Nigeria
Colombia vs Nigeria: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $13.7B in Colombia and $1.76B in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Colombia, by $12B, or 7.82 times that in Nigeria.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Colombia has been higher since 1982, when it overtook Nigeria.
- In 2025, Colombia ranked 29 and Nigeria ranked 66 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Colombia | Nigeria |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $13.7B | $1.76B |
| 2024 | $13.9B | $1.14B |
| 2023 | $12.2B | $1.78B |
| 2022 | $12B | $1.48B |
| 2021 | $12.3B | $2.38B |
| 2020 | $11.8B | $1.52B |
| 2019 | $11.4B | $1.18B |
| 2018 | $10.6B | $1.29B |
| 2017 | $10.8B | $1.09B |
| 2016 | $10.1B | $1.14B |
| 2015 | $10.3B | $1.18B |
| 2014 | $10.2B | $1.21B |
| 2013 | $10.3B | $1.33B |
| 2012 | $9.5B | $1.39B |
| 2011 | $8.87B | $1.58B |
| 2010 | $9.53B | $1.41B |
| 2009 | $9.61B | $1.21B |
| 2008 | $9.14B | $1.16B |
| 2007 | $7.74B | $825M |
| 2006 | $7.29B | $711M |
| 2005 | $6.9B | $682M |
| 2004 | $6.77B | $772M |
| 2003 | $6.35B | $793M |
| 2002 | $6.04B | $1.29B |
| 2001 | $5.75B | $853M |
| 2000 | $5.23B | $599M |
| 1999 | $5.16B | $776M |
| 1998 | $4.84B | $458M |
| 1997 | $4.06B | $359M |
| 1996 | $6.31B | $334M |
| 1995 | $4.07B | $394M |
| 1994 | $3.49B | $342M |
| 1993 | $3.34B | $487M |
| 1992 | $2.59B | $360M |
| 1991 | $2.27B | $419M |
| 1990 | $2.29B | $437M |
| 1989 | $2.19B | $264M |
| 1988 | $2.15B | $389M |
| 1987 | $1.87B | $396M |
| 1986 | $1.74B | $494M |
| 1985 | $1.6B | $561M |
| 1984 | $1.74B | $574M |
| 1983 | $1.53B | $859M |
| 1982 | $1.16B | $998M |
| 1981 | $1.17B | $1.28B |
| 1980 | $1.24B | $1.93B |
| 1979 | $1.08B | $2.38B |
| 1978 | $952M | $2.75B |
| 1977 | $816M | $3.53B |
| 1976 | $843M | $3.33B |
| 1975 | $897M | $4.66B |
| 1974 | $797M | $2.85B |
| 1973 | $803M | $2.53B |
| 1972 | $883M | $2.36B |
| 1971 | $1.42B | $1.87B |
| 1970 | $900M | $2.26B |
| 1969 | $731M | $2.65B |
| 1968 | $789M | $1.58B |
| 1967 | $955M | $1.02B |
| 1966 | $931M | $228M |
| 1965 | $905M | $296M |
| 1964 | $858M | $254M |
| 1963 | $899M | $214M |
| 1962 | $787M | $177M |
| 1961 | $507M | $136M |
| 1960 | $424M | $120M |
| 1959 | $386M | – |
| 1958 | $469M | – |
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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
Colombia vs Nigeria
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023Nigeria: 54.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Nigeria: 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Nigeria: 69.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterColombia: 73.9% in 2022Nigeria: 29% in 2022
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017Nigeria: 3.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateColombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Nigeria: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023Nigeria: 228 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023Nigeria: 2.1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023Nigeria: 4.48 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025Nigeria: 63.8% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023Nigeria: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023Nigeria: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023Nigeria: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025Nigeria: 0.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025Nigeria: $9 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingColombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025Nigeria: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020Nigeria: 223,000 people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022Nigeria: 1.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020Nigeria: 0.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsColombia: 22 million TIV in 2025Nigeria: 21 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsColombia: 4 million TIV in 2020Nigeria: 4 million TIV in 2022