Nigeria vs Rwanda
Nigeria vs Rwanda: National power
National power in 2022: 1.16% of world capability in Nigeria and 0.07% of world capability in Rwanda, by Correlates of War estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 1.1 percentage points, or 17 times that in Rwanda.
% of world capability · Correlates of War
What the numbers say
- Nigeria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1962.
- In 2022, Nigeria ranked 17 and Rwanda ranked 109 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of world capability · Correlates of War
| Year | Nigeria | Rwanda |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.16 | 0.07 |
| 2021 | 1.16 | 0.07 |
| 2020 | 1.14 | 0.07 |
| 2019 | 1.12 | 0.07 |
| 2018 | 1.1 | 0.07 |
| 2017 | 1.08 | 0.07 |
| 2016 | 0.9 | 0.06 |
| 2015 | 0.88 | 0.06 |
| 2014 | 0.87 | 0.06 |
| 2013 | 0.86 | 0.06 |
| 2012 | 0.87 | 0.07 |
| 2011 | 0.86 | 0.07 |
| 2010 | 0.83 | 0.06 |
| 2009 | 0.82 | 0.06 |
| 2008 | 0.81 | 0.06 |
| 2007 | 0.8 | 0.06 |
| 2006 | 0.77 | 0.08 |
| 2005 | 0.77 | 0.08 |
| 2004 | 0.75 | 0.08 |
| 2003 | 0.73 | 0.08 |
| 2002 | 0.73 | 0.09 |
| 2001 | 0.64 | 0.09 |
| 2000 | 0.6 | 0.08 |
| 1999 | 0.65 | 0.06 |
| 1998 | 0.64 | 0.06 |
| 1997 | 0.67 | 0.05 |
| 1996 | 0.67 | 0.06 |
| 1995 | 0.65 | 0.04 |
| 1994 | 0.64 | 0.04 |
| 1993 | 0.63 | 0.04 |
| 1992 | 0.62 | 0.05 |
| 1991 | 0.62 | 0.05 |
| 1990 | 0.59 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 0.61 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 0.64 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 0.64 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 0.65 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 0.65 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 0.65 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 0.61 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 0.61 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 0.59 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 0.58 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 0.58 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 0.61 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 0.68 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 0.65 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 0.64 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 0.65 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 0.66 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 0.66 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 0.67 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 0.58 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 0.5 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 0.47 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 0.45 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 0.45 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 0.44 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 0.43 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 0.42 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 0.41 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 0.41 | – |
| 1960 | 0.41 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
- Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Nigeria vs Rwanda
Health
- Life expectancyNigeria: 54.5 years in 2023Rwanda: 67.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityNigeria: 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024Rwanda: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityNigeria: 69.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Rwanda: 27.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionNigeria: 3.92% in 2017Rwanda: 3.87% in 2017
- Suicide rateNigeria: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Rwanda: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationNigeria: 228 million people in 2023Rwanda: 14 million people in 2023
- Population growthNigeria: 2.1% a year in 2023Rwanda: 2.18% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateNigeria: 4.48 births per woman in 2023Rwanda: 3.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationNigeria: 63.8% in 2025Rwanda: 30.9% in 2025
- Median ageNigeria: 17.8 years in 2023Rwanda: 19.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overNigeria: 3% in 2023Rwanda: 3.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateNigeria: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Rwanda: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingNigeria: 0.91% of GDP in 2025Rwanda: 1.29% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsNigeria: $1.76B in 2025Rwanda: $194M in 2025
- Military spending per personNigeria: $9 in 2025Rwanda: $13 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingNigeria: 5.9% of government spending in 2025Rwanda: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelNigeria: 223,000 people in 2020Rwanda: 35,000 people in 2020
- Armed forces, share of workersNigeria: 0.23% of the labour force in 2020Rwanda: 0.7% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsNigeria: 21 million TIV in 2025Rwanda: 37 million TIV in 2023