Guinea vs Nigeria

Guinea vs Nigeria: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 2.03% of GDP in Guinea and 0.91% of GDP in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Guinea, by 1.12 percentage points, or 2.23 times that in Nigeria.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Guinea vs Nigeria: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 2.03% of GDP in Guinea and 0.91% of GDP in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Guinea, by 1.12 percentage points, or 2.23 times that in Nigeria.
GuineaNigeriaSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Guinea has been higher since 1991, when it overtook Nigeria.
  • In 2025, Guinea ranked 58 and Nigeria ranked 115 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearGuineaNigeria
20252.030.91
20242.170.56
20232.130.84
20222.190.65
20211.551.01
20201.470.63
20191.470.46
20181.670.51
20171.770.43
20161.880.43
20152.520.42
20142.280.41
20132.390.47
20122.250.5
2011–0.58
2010–0.54
2009–0.51
2008–0.49
2007–0.37
2006–0.35
2005–0.4
20042.230.49
20032.440.57
20023.330.95
20013.10.78
20001.540.54
19991.60.86
19981.260.55
19971.170.44
1996–0.41
1995–0.48
19941.360.78
19931.340.93
19921.70.56
19912.380.77
1990–0.83
1989–0.58
1988–0.88
1987–0.77
1986–1.31
1985–1.44
1984–1.56
1983–2.22
19820.642.27
19810.792.77
19800.93.3
1979–4.32
1978–5.33
1977–6.02
1976–5.79
1975–8.12
1974–4.34
1973–5.48
1972–5.39
1971–4.39
1970–5.28
1969–10.32
1968–9.16
1967–5.81
1966–1.1
1965–1.4
1964–1.23
1963–1.1
1962–1.1
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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