Egypt vs Nigeria

Egypt vs Nigeria: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 0.61% of GDP in Egypt and 0.91% of GDP in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 0.3 percentage points, or 1.5 times that in Egypt.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Egypt vs Nigeria: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 0.61% of GDP in Egypt and 0.91% of GDP in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 0.3 percentage points, or 1.5 times that in Egypt.
EgyptNigeriaSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Nigeria has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Egypt.
  • In 2025, Egypt ranked 133 and Nigeria ranked 115 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearEgyptNigeria
20250.610.91
20240.670.56
20230.810.84
20221.020.65
20211.121.01
20201.120.63
20191.180.46
20181.250.51
20171.420.43
20161.670.43
20151.720.42
20141.690.41
20131.610.47
20121.650.5
20111.840.58
20101.950.54
20092.030.51
20082.180.49
20072.380.37
20062.610.35
20052.710.4
20042.880.49
20033.180.57
20023.280.95
20012.990.78
20002.550.54
19992.570.86
19982.660.55
19972.840.44
19962.980.41
19953.080.48
19943.150.78
19933.10.93
19923.220.56
19913.610.77
19903.470.83
19893.970.58
19885.060.88
19876.530.77
19867.51.31
19857.861.44
19848.271.56
19837.962.22
19827.192.27
19817.422.77
19806.163.3
19796.474.32
19789.945.33
197713.116.02
197613.735.79
197515.438.12
197417.274.34
197313.515.48
197213.565.39
197117.194.39
197015.995.28
196914.3410.32
196811.139.16
19678.915.81
19668.721.1
196510.121.4
196410.331.23
19638.671.1
19626.681.1
1961–0.85
1960–0.7
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Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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.

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