India vs Nigeria: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $93.3B in India and $1.76B in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by $91.5B, or 53 times that in Nigeria.
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Latest figures
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | $93.3B 2025 | $61B | 5 of 151 |
| Nigeria | $1.76B 2025 | $1.18B | 66 of 151 |
What the numbers say
- India has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- In 2025, India ranked 5 and Nigeria ranked 66 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | India | Nigeria |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $93.3B | $1.76B |
| 2024 | $85.6B | $1.14B |
| 2023 | $85.2B | $1.78B |
| 2022 | $83.2B | $1.48B |
| 2021 | $79.7B | $2.38B |
| 2020 | $80.2B | $1.52B |
| 2019 | $79.7B | $1.18B |
| 2018 | $74.5B | $1.29B |
| 2017 | $71.9B | $1.09B |
| 2016 | $67.2B | $1.14B |
| 2015 | $61B | $1.18B |
| 2014 | $60.4B | $1.21B |
| 2013 | $57.6B | $1.33B |
| 2012 | $57.6B | $1.39B |
| 2011 | $57.9B | $1.58B |
| 2010 | $57.3B | $1.41B |
| 2009 | $57.1B | $1.21B |
| 2008 | $48.5B | $1.16B |
| 2007 | $42.8B | $825M |
| 2006 | $42.3B | $711M |
| 2005 | $41.9B | $682M |
| 2004 | $39.4B | $772M |
| 2003 | $33.9B | $793M |
| 2002 | $33.2B | $1.29B |
| 2001 | $33.3B | $853M |
| 2000 | $32.1B | $599M |
| 1999 | $31.2B | $776M |
| 1998 | $26.8B | $458M |
| 1997 | $25.7B | $359M |
| 1996 | $23.2B | $334M |
| 1995 | $22.8B | $394M |
| 1994 | $22.1B | $342M |
| 1993 | $22B | $487M |
| 1992 | $19.5B | $360M |
| 1991 | $20.4B | $419M |
| 1990 | $21.9B | $437M |
| 1989 | $22.2B | $264M |
| 1988 | $21.1B | $389M |
| 1987 | $20.6B | $396M |
| 1986 | $19.1B | $494M |
| 1985 | $16.2B | $561M |
| 1984 | $14.4B | $574M |
| 1983 | $13.6B | $859M |
| 1982 | $13.2B | $998M |
| 1981 | $12.1B | $1.28B |
| 1980 | $11.5B | $1.93B |
| 1979 | $11.2B | $2.38B |
| 1978 | $10.4B | $2.75B |
| 1977 | $9.93B | $3.53B |
| 1976 | $10.5B | $3.33B |
| 1975 | $9.1B | $4.66B |
| 1974 | $8.11B | $2.85B |
| 1973 | $8.71B | $2.53B |
| 1972 | $9.86B | $2.36B |
| 1971 | $9.35B | $1.87B |
| 1970 | $7.84B | $2.26B |
| 1969 | $7.61B | $2.65B |
| 1968 | $7.18B | $1.58B |
| 1967 | $6.93B | $1.02B |
| 1966 | $7.42B | $228M |
| 1965 | $7.88B | $296M |
| 1964 | $8.06B | $254M |
| 1963 | $8.26B | $214M |
| 1962 | $5.04B | $177M |
| 1961 | $3.67B | $136M |
| 1960 | $3.4B | $120M |
| 1959 | $3.37B | – |
| 1958 | $3.65B | – |
| 1957 | $3.64B | – |
| 1956 | $3.05B | – |
- Estimate
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.
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