Nigeria vs United Arab Emirates
Nigeria vs United Arab Emirates: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending: 5.9% of government spending in Nigeria in 2025 and 17% of government spending in United Arab Emirates in 2014, by SIPRI estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 13.9 percentage points, or 5.49 times that in Nigeria.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- United Arab Emirates has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Nigeria | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.9 | – |
| 2024 | 3.7 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | – |
| 2022 | 4.5 | – |
| 2021 | 8.1 | – |
| 2020 | 5.2 | – |
| 2019 | 3.7 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | – |
| 2017 | 3.6 | – |
| 2016 | 4.4 | – |
| 2015 | 3.8 | – |
| 2014 | 3.1 | 17 |
| 2013 | 3.3 | 19.9 |
| 2012 | 3.4 | 17.4 |
| 2011 | 3.3 | 17.6 |
| 2010 | 3.3 | 18.7 |
| 2009 | 3.3 | 15.6 |
| 2008 | 3.4 | 16.7 |
| 2007 | 2 | 18.6 |
| 2006 | 2.8 | 20.6 |
| 2005 | 2.2 | 23.2 |
| 2004 | 2.7 | 26 |
| 2003 | 2.5 | 23.4 |
| 2002 | 4.9 | 22.9 |
| 2001 | 2.5 | 22.3 |
| 2000 | 2.2 | 26.2 |
| 1999 | – | 20.7 |
| 1998 | – | 20.6 |
| 1997 | – | 19.2 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 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 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
- 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
- Arms exportsNigeria: 4 million TIV in 2022United Arab Emirates: 33 million TIV in 2025