Nigeria vs South Korea
Nigeria vs South Korea: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $9 in Nigeria and $924 in South Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by $915, or 100 times that in Nigeria.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- South Korea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, Nigeria ranked 141 and South Korea ranked 25 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Nigeria | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $9 | $924 |
| 2024 | $5 | $920 |
| 2023 | $14 | $924 |
| 2022 | $14 | $895 |
| 2021 | $21 | $980 |
| 2020 | $13 | $890 |
| 2019 | $11 | $853 |
| 2018 | $11 | $835 |
| 2017 | $8 | $762 |
| 2016 | $9 | $721 |
| 2015 | $11 | $720 |
| 2014 | $13 | $747 |
| 2013 | $14 | $689 |
| 2012 | $13 | $647 |
| 2011 | $14 | $634 |
| 2010 | $12 | $579 |
| 2009 | $9 | $507 |
| 2008 | $10 | $540 |
| 2007 | $6 | $577 |
| 2006 | $5 | $525 |
| 2005 | $5 | $464 |
| 2004 | $5 | $375 |
| 2003 | $4 | $334 |
| 2002 | $7 | $299 |
| 2001 | $4 | $276 |
| 2000 | $3 | $296 |
| 1999 | $4 | $261 |
| 1998 | $10 | $227 |
| 1997 | $7 | $324 |
| 1996 | $6 | $361 |
| 1995 | $6 | $356 |
| 1994 | $3 | $300 |
| 1993 | $3 | $277 |
| 1992 | $2 | $261 |
| 1991 | $2 | $247 |
| 1990 | $3 | $231 |
| 1989 | $2 | $219 |
| 1988 | $3 | $181 |
- Estimate
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.
- 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
Nigeria vs South Korea
Health
- Life expectancyNigeria: 54.5 years in 2023South Korea: 84.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityNigeria: 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024South Korea: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityNigeria: 69.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023South Korea: 2.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterNigeria: 29% in 2022South Korea: 99.3% in 2022
- DepressionNigeria: 3.92% in 2017South Korea: 3.17% in 2017
- Suicide rateNigeria: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017South Korea: 20.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationNigeria: 228 million people in 2023South Korea: 51.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthNigeria: 2.1% a year in 2023South Korea: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateNigeria: 4.48 births per woman in 2023South Korea: 0.72 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationNigeria: 63.8% in 2025South Korea: 81.2% in 2025
- Median ageNigeria: 17.8 years in 2023South Korea: 44.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overNigeria: 3% in 2023South Korea: 18.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateNigeria: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023South Korea: 1.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingNigeria: 0.91% of GDP in 2025South Korea: 2.6% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsNigeria: $1.76B in 2025South Korea: $48.9B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingNigeria: 5.9% of government spending in 2025South Korea: 10.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelNigeria: 223,000 people in 2020South Korea: 569,000 people in 2020
- National powerNigeria: 1.16% of world capability in 2022South Korea: 2% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersNigeria: 0.23% of the labour force in 2020South Korea: 2.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsNigeria: 21 million TIV in 2025South Korea: 222 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsNigeria: 4 million TIV in 2022South Korea: 2.02 billion TIV in 2025