Indonesia vs Nigeria
Indonesia vs Nigeria: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 1.28 billion TIV in Indonesia and 21 million TIV in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Indonesia, by 1.26 billion TIV, or 61 times that in Nigeria.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Indonesia has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Nigeria.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Indonesia | Nigeria | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.28 billion | 21 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 185 million | 93 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 390 million | 93 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 86 million | 53 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 366 million | 273 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 283 million | 84 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 239 million | 18 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 357 million | 49 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 1.17 billion | 42 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 352 million | 61 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 438 million | 188 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 1.2 billion | 236 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 833 million | 30 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 162 million | 28 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 257 million | 63 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 221 million | 223 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 443 million | 65 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 239 million | 33 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 578 million | 62 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 63 million | 16 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 33 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 77 million | 11 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 353 million | 66 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 67 million | 6 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 22 million | 9 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 171 million | 36 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 161 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 85 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 101 million | 1 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 378 million | 15 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 284 million | 2 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 472 million | 95 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 210 million | 41 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 51 million | 59 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 11 million | 4 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 202 million | 18 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 249 million | 15 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 285 million | 62 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 265 million | 115 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 433 million | 211 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 291 million | 569 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 102 million | 359 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 224 million | 41 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 356 million | 642 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 790 million | 331 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 898 million | 474 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 370 million | 108 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 124 million | 142 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 62 million | 90 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 156 million | 104 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 4 million | 424 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 73 million | 24 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 73 million | 7 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 5 million | 113 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 92 million | 12 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 27 million | 14 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 9 million | 39 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 0 | 50 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 1 million | 47 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 17 million | 159 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 317 million | 56 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 596 million | 2 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 206 million | 9 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 1.03 billion | 8 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 780 million | 1 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 448 million | – | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Indonesia vs Nigeria
Health
- Life expectancyIndonesia: 71.2 years in 2023Nigeria: 54.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIndonesia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Nigeria: 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIndonesia: 17.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Nigeria: 69.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIndonesia: 30.3% in 2022Nigeria: 29% in 2022
- DepressionIndonesia: 2.64% in 2017Nigeria: 3.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateIndonesia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Nigeria: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIndonesia: 281 million people in 2023Nigeria: 228 million people in 2023
- Population growthIndonesia: 0.83% a year in 2023Nigeria: 2.1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIndonesia: 2.13 births per woman in 2023Nigeria: 4.48 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIndonesia: 59.4% in 2025Nigeria: 63.8% in 2025
- Median ageIndonesia: 29.8 years in 2023Nigeria: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIndonesia: 7% in 2023Nigeria: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateIndonesia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Nigeria: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIndonesia: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Nigeria: 0.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIndonesia: $15.3B in 2025Nigeria: $1.76B in 2025
- Military spending per personIndonesia: $53 in 2025Nigeria: $9 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIndonesia: 6.3% of government spending in 2025Nigeria: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIndonesia: 676,000 people in 2020Nigeria: 223,000 people in 2020
- National powerIndonesia: 2.09% of world capability in 2022Nigeria: 1.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIndonesia: 0.49% of the labour force in 2020Nigeria: 0.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsIndonesia: 17 million TIV in 2021Nigeria: 4 million TIV in 2022