Nigeria vs Thailand: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 0.91% of GDP in Nigeria and 1.04% of GDP in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Thailand, by 0.13 percentage points, or 1.14 times that in Nigeria.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Thailand has been higher since 1979, when it overtook Nigeria.
In 2025, Nigeria ranked 115 and Thailand ranked 109 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

Year	Nigeria	Thailand
2025	0.91	1.04
2024	0.56	1.05
2023	0.84	1.13
2022	0.65	1.24
2021	1.01	1.42
2020	0.63	1.46
2019	0.46	1.33
2018	0.51	1.33
2017	0.43	1.34
2016	0.43	1.33
2015	0.42	1.34
2014	0.41	1.38
2013	0.47	1.35
2012	0.5	1.39
2011	0.58	1.39
2010	0.54	1.52
2009	0.51	1.54
2008	0.49	1.25
2007	0.37	1.02
2006	0.35	0.95
2005	0.4	0.99
2004	0.49	1.13
2003	0.57	1.23
2002	0.95	1.33
2001	0.78	1.43
2000	0.54	1.49
1999	0.86	1.62
1998	0.55	1.86
1997	0.44	2.17
1996	0.41	2.15
1995	0.48	2.27
1994	0.78	2.5
1993	0.93	2.53
1992	0.56	2.66
1991	0.77	2.65
1990	0.83	2.59
1989	0.58	2.69
1988	0.88	2.93
1987	0.77	3.36
1986	1.31	3.8
1985	1.44	4.19
1984	1.56	4.06
1983	2.22	3.95
1982	2.27	4.12
1981	2.77	4.06
1980	3.3	4.24
1979	4.32	4.38
1978	5.33	3.92
1977	6.02	3.48
1976	5.79	3.13
1975	8.12	2.8
1974	4.34	2.66
1973	5.48	2.88
1972	5.39	3.47
1971	4.39	3.56
1970	5.28	3.07
1969	10.32	2.99
1968	9.16	2.76
1967	5.81	2.43
1966	1.1	2.17
1965	1.4	2.33
1964	1.23	2.43
1963	1.1	2.62
1962	1.1	2.63
1961	0.85	2.1
1960	0.7	2.47
1959	–	3.02
1958	–	3.25
1957	–	3.58

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What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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.

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