Egypt vs Nigeria
Egypt vs Nigeria: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending in 2025: 2.5% of government spending in Egypt and 5.9% of government spending in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 3.4 percentage points, or 2.41 times that in Egypt.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Nigeria has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Egypt.
- In 2025, Egypt ranked 128 and Nigeria ranked 58 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Egypt | Nigeria |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.5 | 5.9 |
| 2024 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 4.2 | 6 |
| 2022 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| 2021 | 4.8 | 8.1 |
| 2020 | 4.5 | 5.2 |
| 2019 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
| 2018 | 4.2 | 4 |
| 2017 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 2016 | 5.1 | 4.4 |
| 2015 | 5.2 | 3.8 |
| 2014 | 4.7 | 3.1 |
| 2013 | 4.7 | 3.3 |
| 2012 | 5.3 | 3.4 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3.3 |
| 2010 | 6.2 | 3.3 |
| 2009 | 6.2 | 3.3 |
| 2008 | 6.7 | 3.4 |
| 2007 | 7.6 | 2 |
| 2006 | 7.5 | 2.8 |
| 2005 | 9 | 2.2 |
| 2004 | 9.6 | 2.7 |
| 2003 | 10.4 | 2.5 |
| 2002 | 10.6 | 4.9 |
| 2001 | – | 2.5 |
| 2000 | – | 2.2 |
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 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
Egypt vs Nigeria
Health
- Life expectancyEgypt: 71.6 years in 2023Nigeria: 54.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEgypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Nigeria: 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEgypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Nigeria: 69.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEgypt: 3.24% in 2017Nigeria: 3.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateEgypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Nigeria: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEgypt: 115 million people in 2023Nigeria: 228 million people in 2023
- Population growthEgypt: 1.82% a year in 2023Nigeria: 2.1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEgypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023Nigeria: 4.48 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEgypt: 42.9% in 2025Nigeria: 63.8% in 2025
- Median ageEgypt: 24 years in 2023Nigeria: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEgypt: 5% in 2023Nigeria: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateEgypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Nigeria: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEgypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025Nigeria: 0.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEgypt: $2.26B in 2025Nigeria: $1.76B in 2025
- Military spending per personEgypt: $21 in 2025Nigeria: $9 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEgypt: 836,000 people in 2020Nigeria: 223,000 people in 2020
- National powerEgypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022Nigeria: 1.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEgypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020Nigeria: 0.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEgypt: 697 million TIV in 2025Nigeria: 21 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEgypt: 2 million TIV in 2024Nigeria: 4 million TIV in 2022