Nigeria vs Spain
Nigeria vs Spain: Arms exports
Arms exports: 4 million TIV in Nigeria in 2022 and 341 million TIV in Spain in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Spain, by 1.01 billion TIV, or 250 times that in Nigeria.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Spain has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1989.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2022.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Nigeria | Spain | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 341 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 606 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 912 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 4 million | 1.01 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 3 million | 676 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 1.01 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 318 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 705 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 820 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 481 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 982 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 962 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 450 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 266 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 997 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 273 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 984 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 626 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 628 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 898 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 113 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 54 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 99 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 18 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 8 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 0 | 47 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 46 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 174 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 605 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 112 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 88 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 253 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 103 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 70 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 103 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 3 million | 116 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 2 million | 167 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 136 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 152 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 197 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 92 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 244 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 367 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 263 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 135 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 10 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 18 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 38 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 25 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 46 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 272 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 82 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 18 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 18 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 140 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 70 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 10 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 12 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 12 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 26 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | 33 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | 12 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 10 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 10 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 8 million | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 2 million | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Nigeria vs Spain
Health
- Life expectancyNigeria: 54.5 years in 2023Spain: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityNigeria: 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024Spain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityNigeria: 69.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Spain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterNigeria: 29% in 2022Spain: 99.6% in 2022
- DepressionNigeria: 3.92% in 2017Spain: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateNigeria: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Spain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationNigeria: 228 million people in 2023Spain: 47.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthNigeria: 2.1% a year in 2023Spain: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateNigeria: 4.48 births per woman in 2023Spain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationNigeria: 63.8% in 2025Spain: 80.5% in 2025
- Median ageNigeria: 17.8 years in 2023Spain: 44.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overNigeria: 3% in 2023Spain: 20.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateNigeria: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Spain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingNigeria: 0.91% of GDP in 2025Spain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsNigeria: $1.76B in 2025Spain: $37.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personNigeria: $9 in 2025Spain: $839 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingNigeria: 5.9% of government spending in 2025Spain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelNigeria: 223,000 people in 2020Spain: 199,000 people in 2020
- National powerNigeria: 1.16% of world capability in 2022Spain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersNigeria: 0.23% of the labour force in 2020Spain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsNigeria: 21 million TIV in 2025Spain: 237 million TIV in 2025