Nigeria vs Poland
Nigeria vs Poland: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $9 in Nigeria and $1,219 in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by $1,210, or 140 times that in Nigeria.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Poland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, Nigeria ranked 141 and Poland ranked 18 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Nigeria | Poland |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $9 | $1,219 |
| 2024 | $5 | $890 |
| 2023 | $14 | $682 |
| 2022 | $14 | $404 |
| 2021 | $21 | $401 |
| 2020 | $13 | $359 |
| 2019 | $11 | $308 |
| 2018 | $11 | $315 |
| 2017 | $8 | $261 |
| 2016 | $9 | $239 |
| 2015 | $11 | $267 |
| 2014 | $13 | $270 |
| 2013 | $14 | $243 |
| 2012 | $13 | $235 |
| 2011 | $14 | $248 |
| 2010 | $12 | $231 |
| 2009 | $9 | $208 |
| 2008 | $10 | $246 |
| 2007 | $6 | $226 |
| 2006 | $5 | $174 |
| 2005 | $5 | $155 |
| 2004 | $5 | $125 |
| 2003 | $4 | $109 |
| 2002 | $7 | $99 |
| 2001 | $4 | $95 |
| 2000 | $3 | $82 |
| 1999 | $4 | $84 |
| 1998 | $10 | $91 |
| 1997 | $7 | $83 |
| 1996 | $6 | $80 |
| 1995 | $6 | $71 |
| 1994 | $3 | $59 |
| 1993 | $3 | $55 |
| 1992 | $2 | $49 |
| 1991 | $2 | $45 |
| 1990 | $3 | $41 |
| 1989 | $2 | $39 |
| 1988 | $3 | $47 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- 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
Nigeria vs Poland
Health
- Life expectancyNigeria: 54.5 years in 2023Poland: 78.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityNigeria: 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024Poland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityNigeria: 69.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Poland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterNigeria: 29% in 2022Poland: 88.9% in 2022
- DepressionNigeria: 3.92% in 2017Poland: 2.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateNigeria: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Poland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationNigeria: 228 million people in 2023Poland: 38.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthNigeria: 2.1% a year in 2023Poland: -0.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateNigeria: 4.48 births per woman in 2023Poland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationNigeria: 63.8% in 2025Poland: 60.1% in 2025
- Median ageNigeria: 17.8 years in 2023Poland: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overNigeria: 3% in 2023Poland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateNigeria: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Poland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingNigeria: 0.91% of GDP in 2025Poland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsNigeria: $1.76B in 2025Poland: $42.5B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingNigeria: 5.9% of government spending in 2025Poland: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelNigeria: 223,000 people in 2020Poland: 189,000 people in 2020
- National powerNigeria: 1.16% of world capability in 2022Poland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersNigeria: 0.23% of the labour force in 2020Poland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsNigeria: 21 million TIV in 2025Poland: 2.17 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsNigeria: 4 million TIV in 2022Poland: 59 million TIV in 2025