Nigeria vs Sudan
Nigeria vs Sudan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $1.76B in Nigeria in 2025 and $2.77B in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by $389M, or 1.16 times that in Nigeria.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher since 1976, when it overtook Nigeria.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Nigeria | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.76B | – |
| 2024 | $1.14B | – |
| 2023 | $1.78B | – |
| 2022 | $1.48B | – |
| 2021 | $2.38B | $2.77B |
| 2020 | $1.52B | $4.69B |
| 2019 | $1.18B | $8.08B |
| 2018 | $1.29B | $8.94B |
| 2017 | $1.09B | $17.5B |
| 2016 | $1.14B | $13.5B |
| 2015 | $1.18B | $12.9B |
| 2014 | $1.21B | – |
| 2013 | $1.33B | – |
| 2012 | $1.39B | – |
| 2011 | $1.58B | – |
| 2010 | $1.41B | – |
| 2009 | $1.21B | $27.2B |
| 2008 | $1.16B | $27.9B |
| 2007 | $825M | $23.1B |
| 2006 | $711M | $19.4B |
| 2005 | $682M | $16.5B |
| 2004 | $772M | $20.2B |
| 2003 | $793M | $7.18B |
| 2002 | $1.29B | $9.38B |
| 2001 | $853M | $9.02B |
| 2000 | $599M | $13.8B |
| 1999 | $776M | $10.7B |
| 1998 | $458M | $6B |
| 1997 | $359M | $2.21B |
| 1996 | $334M | $2.81B |
| 1995 | $394M | $3.96B |
| 1994 | $342M | $5.42B |
| 1993 | $487M | $7.32B |
| 1992 | $360M | $6.42B |
| 1991 | $419M | $7.41B |
| 1990 | $437M | $9.25B |
| 1989 | $264M | – |
| 1988 | $389M | $7.99B |
| 1987 | $396M | $7.31B |
| 1986 | $494M | $6.43B |
| 1985 | $561M | $7.55B |
| 1984 | $574M | $10.6B |
| 1983 | $859M | $9.28B |
| 1982 | $998M | $6.49B |
| 1981 | $1.28B | $5.94B |
| 1980 | $1.93B | $7.05B |
| 1979 | $2.38B | $6.12B |
| 1978 | $2.75B | $5.17B |
| 1977 | $3.53B | $7B |
| 1976 | $3.33B | $6.78B |
| 1975 | $4.66B | $4.6B |
| 1974 | $2.85B | $5.32B |
| 1973 | $2.53B | $6.81B |
| 1972 | $2.36B | $7.49B |
| 1971 | $1.87B | $8.67B |
| 1970 | $2.26B | $8.64B |
| 1969 | $2.65B | $7.22B |
| 1968 | $1.58B | $5.4B |
| 1967 | $1.02B | $4.4B |
| 1966 | $228M | $4.7B |
| 1965 | $296M | $5.35B |
| 1964 | $254M | $3.88B |
| 1963 | $214M | $2.71B |
| 1962 | $177M | $2.51B |
| 1961 | $136M | $2.1B |
| 1960 | $120M | $2.08B |
| 1959 | – | $1.85B |
| 1958 | – | $1.6B |
| 1957 | – | $1.69B |
| 1956 | – | $1.17B |
- Estimate
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
Nigeria vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyNigeria: 54.5 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityNigeria: 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityNigeria: 69.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionNigeria: 3.92% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateNigeria: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationNigeria: 228 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthNigeria: 2.1% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateNigeria: 4.48 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationNigeria: 63.8% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageNigeria: 17.8 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overNigeria: 3% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateNigeria: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingNigeria: 0.91% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending per personNigeria: $9 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingNigeria: 5.9% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelNigeria: 223,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerNigeria: 1.16% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersNigeria: 0.23% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsNigeria: 21 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsNigeria: 4 million TIV in 2022Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013