Ireland vs Nigeria
Ireland vs Nigeria: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending in 2025: 0.9% of government spending in Ireland and 5.9% of government spending in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 5 percentage points, or 6.36 times that in Ireland.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Nigeria has been higher since 2001, when it overtook Ireland.
- In 2025, Ireland ranked 146 and Nigeria ranked 58 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Ireland | Nigeria |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.9 | 5.9 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 1 | 6 |
| 2022 | 1 | 4.5 |
| 2021 | 1 | 8.1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 5.2 |
| 2019 | 1.1 | 3.7 |
| 2018 | 1.1 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1.2 | 3.6 |
| 2016 | 1.2 | 4.4 |
| 2015 | 1.2 | 3.8 |
| 2014 | 1.2 | 3.1 |
| 2013 | 1.2 | 3.3 |
| 2012 | 1.2 | 3.4 |
| 2011 | 1.2 | 3.3 |
| 2010 | 0.9 | 3.3 |
| 2009 | 1.3 | 3.3 |
| 2008 | 1.4 | 3.4 |
| 2007 | 1.4 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1.5 | 2.8 |
| 2005 | 1.6 | 2.2 |
| 2004 | 1.7 | 2.7 |
| 2003 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| 2002 | 1.9 | 4.9 |
| 2001 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| 2000 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 1999 | 2.3 | – |
| 1998 | 2.4 | – |
| 1997 | 2.6 | – |
| 1996 | 2.6 | – |
| 1995 | 2.5 | – |
| 1994 | 2.6 | – |
| 1993 | 2.6 | – |
| 1992 | 2.6 | – |
| 1991 | 2.8 | – |
| 1990 | 2.8 | – |
| 1989 | 2.6 | – |
| 1988 | 2.5 | – |
- Estimate
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
Ireland vs Nigeria
Health
- Life expectancyIreland: 82.4 years in 2023Nigeria: 54.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIreland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Nigeria: 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIreland: 2.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Nigeria: 69.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIreland: 96% in 2022Nigeria: 29% in 2022
- DepressionIreland: 4.25% in 2017Nigeria: 3.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateIreland: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Nigeria: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIreland: 5.2 million people in 2023Nigeria: 228 million people in 2023
- Population growthIreland: 1.19% a year in 2023Nigeria: 2.1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIreland: 1.6 births per woman in 2023Nigeria: 4.48 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIreland: 64.6% in 2025Nigeria: 63.8% in 2025
- Median ageIreland: 38.4 years in 2023Nigeria: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIreland: 15.5% in 2023Nigeria: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateIreland: 8.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Nigeria: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIreland: 0.22% of GDP in 2025Nigeria: 0.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIreland: $1.46B in 2025Nigeria: $1.76B in 2025
- Military spending per personIreland: $272 in 2025Nigeria: $9 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIreland: 9,000 people in 2020Nigeria: 223,000 people in 2020
- National powerIreland: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Nigeria: 1.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIreland: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020Nigeria: 0.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIreland: 14 million TIV in 2025Nigeria: 21 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIreland: 24 million TIV in 2025Nigeria: 4 million TIV in 2022