Nigeria vs United Arab Emirates
Nigeria vs United Arab Emirates: Arms exports
Arms exports: 4 million TIV in Nigeria in 2022 and 33 million TIV in United Arab Emirates in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 13 million TIV, or 4.25 times that in Nigeria.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Nigeria.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2022.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Nigeria | United Arab Emirates | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 33 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 119 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 64 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 4 million | 17 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 3 million | 57 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 209 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 131 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 120 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 106 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 111 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 143 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 100 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 115 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 75 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 3 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 39 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 34 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 3 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 17 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 15 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 3 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 37 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 6 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 28 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 3 million | 2 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 2 million | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 2 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 22 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 14 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 8 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 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 United Arab Emirates
Health
- Life expectancyNigeria: 54.5 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 82.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityNigeria: 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024United Arab Emirates: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityNigeria: 69.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Arab Emirates: 4.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionNigeria: 3.92% in 2017United Arab Emirates: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateNigeria: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017United Arab Emirates: 5.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationNigeria: 228 million people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthNigeria: 2.1% a year in 2023United Arab Emirates: 3.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateNigeria: 4.48 births per woman in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationNigeria: 63.8% in 2025United Arab Emirates: 86% in 2025
- Median ageNigeria: 17.8 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 31.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overNigeria: 3% in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateNigeria: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 28.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personNigeria: $2,369 in 2025United Arab Emirates: $41,610 in 2024
- GDP growthNigeria: 4% a year in 2025United Arab Emirates: 6.2% a year in 2025
- InflationNigeria: 23% a year in 2025United Arab Emirates: 1.3% a year in 2025
- Government debtNigeria: 36.1% of GDP in 2025United Arab Emirates: 33.9% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingNigeria: 0.91% of GDP in 2025United Arab Emirates: 5.64% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsNigeria: $1.76B in 2025United Arab Emirates: $27.8B in 2014
- Military spending per personNigeria: $9 in 2025United Arab Emirates: $2,840 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingNigeria: 5.9% of government spending in 2025United Arab Emirates: 17% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnelNigeria: 223,000 people in 2020United Arab Emirates: 63,000 people in 2020
- National powerNigeria: 1.16% of world capability in 2022United Arab Emirates: 0.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersNigeria: 0.23% of the labour force in 2020United Arab Emirates: 1.02% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsNigeria: 21 million TIV in 2025United Arab Emirates: 868 million TIV in 2025