Kenya vs Nigeria

Kenya vs Nigeria: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 1.07% of GDP in Kenya and 0.91% of GDP in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kenya, by 0.16 percentage points, or 1.17 times that in Nigeria.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Kenya vs Nigeria: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 1.07% of GDP in Kenya and 0.91% of GDP in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kenya, by 0.16 percentage points, or 1.17 times that in Nigeria.
KenyaNigeriaSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Kenya has been higher since 1979, when it overtook Nigeria.
  • In 2025, Kenya ranked 105 and Nigeria ranked 115 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearKenyaNigeria
20251.070.91
20241.040.56
20230.980.84
20221.010.65
20211.081.01
20201.110.63
20191.110.46
20181.210.51
20171.240.43
20161.250.43
20151.20.42
20141.20.41
20131.40.47
20121.490.5
20111.380.58
20101.370.54
20091.370.51
20081.620.49
20071.550.37
20061.460.35
20051.690.4
20041.610.49
20031.650.57
20021.630.95
20011.510.78
20001.310.54
19991.190.86
19981.220.55
19971.340.44
19961.420.41
19951.650.48
19941.640.78
19931.840.93
19921.90.56
19912.350.77
19902.890.83
19892.740.58
19882.950.88
19873.130.77
19862.51.31
19852.381.44
19843.481.56
19834.22.22
19824.572.27
19814.232.77
19804.523.3
19795.54.32
19785.25.33
19773.746.02
19762.495.79
19751.888.12
19741.784.34
19731.665.48
19721.545.39
19711.234.39
19701.065.28
19691.0810.32
19681.229.16
19671.315.81
19661.131.1
19650.991.4
19640.591.23
19630.211.1
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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