Niger vs Zimbabwe
Niger vs Zimbabwe: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $450M in Niger and $134M in Zimbabwe, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Niger, by $316M, or 3.37 times that in Zimbabwe.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Niger has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Zimbabwe.
- In 2025, Niger ranked 102 and Zimbabwe ranked 126 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Niger | Zimbabwe |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $450M | $134M |
| 2024 | $436M | $98.4M |
| 2023 | $362M | $64.9M |
| 2022 | $282M | $172M |
| 2021 | $218M | $193M |
| 2020 | $277M | $106M |
| 2019 | $301M | $79.9M |
| 2018 | $259M | $87.3M |
| 2017 | $245M | $78.2M |
| 2016 | $211M | $83M |
| 2015 | – | $85.9M |
| 2014 | $156M | $81.9M |
| 2013 | $113M | $79.2M |
| 2012 | $167M | $71.9M |
| 2011 | $87.4M | $46.5M |
| 2010 | $75.2M | $23.8M |
| 2009 | $57.3M | – |
| 2008 | $55.3M | – |
| 2006 | – | $30.1M |
| 2005 | $44.4M | $32.5M |
| 2004 | $46.2M | $43.3M |
| 2003 | $39.7M | $70.4M |
| 2002 | $39.3M | $224M |
| 2001 | $51M | $62.1M |
| 2000 | $41.6M | $47.1M |
| 1999 | $43.5M | $37.4M |
| 1998 | $38.1M | $37.7M |
| 1997 | $30.9M | $27.6M |
| 1996 | $28M | $25.6M |
| 1995 | $30.5M | $24.4M |
| 1994 | $35.6M | $26.6M |
| 1993 | – | $26M |
| 1992 | – | $31M |
| 1991 | – | $38.1M |
| 1990 | – | $36.7M |
| 1989 | – | $36.5M |
| 1988 | – | $34.9M |
| 1987 | $16.9M | $33.4M |
| 1986 | $19.2M | $32.8M |
| 1985 | $18.2M | $32.8M |
| 1984 | $17.2M | $32.1M |
| 1983 | $18.8M | $37.7M |
| 1982 | $16.4M | $35M |
| 1981 | $16.6M | $31.4M |
| 1980 | $19.3M | $37.6M |
| 1979 | $22M | – |
| 1978 | $21.1M | – |
| 1977 | $18.9M | – |
| 1976 | $16.8M | – |
| 1975 | $16.7M | – |
- Highly uncertain
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Niger vs Zimbabwe
Health
- Life expectancyNiger: 61.2 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 62.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityNiger: 11.1 per 100 live births in 2024Zimbabwe: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityNiger: 64.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zimbabwe: 33.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionNiger: 3.46% in 2017Zimbabwe: 3.19% in 2017
- Suicide rateNiger: 7.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Zimbabwe: 26.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationNiger: 26.2 million people in 2023Zimbabwe: 16.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthNiger: 3.31% a year in 2023Zimbabwe: 1.68% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateNiger: 6.06 births per woman in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.72 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationNiger: 18.4% in 2025Zimbabwe: 40.5% in 2025
- Median ageNiger: 15.3 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overNiger: 2.6% in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateNiger: 0 per 1,000 people in 2023Zimbabwe: -6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingNiger: 2.14% of GDP in 2025Zimbabwe: 0.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personNiger: $18 in 2025Zimbabwe: $10 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingNiger: 15.2% of government spending in 2025Zimbabwe: 5.3% of government spending in 2005
- Armed forces personnelNiger: 10,000 people in 2020Zimbabwe: 51,000 people in 2020
- National powerNiger: 0.11% of world capability in 2022Zimbabwe: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersNiger: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020Zimbabwe: 0.88% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsNiger: 4 million TIV in 2025Zimbabwe: 20 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exportsNiger: 0 TIV in 1973Zimbabwe: 4 million TIV in 2001