Nigeria vs United States
Nigeria vs United States: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $1.76B in Nigeria and $929B in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by $927B, or 530 times that in Nigeria.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- United States has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- In 2025, Nigeria ranked 66 and United States ranked 1 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Nigeria | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.76B | $929B |
| 2024 | $1.14B | $1.01T |
| 2023 | $1.78B | $943B |
| 2022 | $1.48B | $923B |
| 2021 | $2.38B | $933B |
| 2020 | $1.52B | $943B |
| 2019 | $1.18B | $901B |
| 2018 | $1.29B | $853B |
| 2017 | $1.09B | $828B |
| 2016 | $1.14B | $836B |
| 2015 | $1.18B | $839B |
| 2014 | $1.21B | $858B |
| 2013 | $1.33B | $915B |
| 2012 | $1.39B | $991B |
| 2011 | $1.58B | $1.05T |
| 2010 | $1.41B | $1.06T |
| 2009 | $1.21B | $1.03T |
| 2008 | $1.16B | $957B |
| 2007 | $825M | $892B |
| 2006 | $711M | $869B |
| 2005 | $682M | $857B |
| 2004 | $772M | $819B |
| 2003 | $793M | $751B |
| 2002 | $1.29B | $660B |
| 2001 | $853M | $588B |
| 2000 | $599M | $583B |
| 1999 | $776M | $561B |
| 1998 | $458M | $560B |
| 1997 | $359M | $573B |
| 1996 | $334M | $576B |
| 1995 | $394M | $609B |
| 1994 | $342M | $652B |
| 1993 | $487M | $688B |
| 1992 | $360M | $727B |
| 1991 | $419M | $690B |
| 1990 | $437M | $781B |
| 1989 | $264M | $815B |
| 1988 | $389M | $821B |
| 1987 | $396M | $839B |
| 1986 | $494M | $846B |
| 1985 | $561M | $793B |
| 1984 | $574M | $740B |
| 1983 | $859M | $704B |
| 1982 | $998M | $721B |
| 1981 | $1.28B | $609B |
| 1980 | $1.93B | $547B |
| 1979 | $2.38B | $548B |
| 1978 | $2.75B | $545B |
| 1977 | $3.53B | $542B |
| 1976 | $3.33B | $522B |
| 1975 | $4.66B | $537B |
| 1974 | $2.85B | $568B |
| 1973 | $2.53B | $575B |
| 1972 | $2.36B | $605B |
| 1971 | $1.87B | $606B |
| 1970 | $2.26B | $674B |
| 1969 | $2.65B | $727B |
| 1968 | $1.58B | $761B |
| 1967 | $1.02B | $737B |
| 1966 | $228M | $642B |
| 1965 | $296M | $543B |
| 1964 | $254M | $540B |
| 1963 | $214M | $559B |
| 1962 | $177M | $567B |
| 1961 | $136M | $523B |
| 1960 | $120M | $502B |
| 1959 | – | $515B |
| 1958 | – | $511B |
| 1957 | – | $514B |
| 1956 | – | $500B |
| 1955 | – | $493B |
| 1954 | – | $521B |
| 1953 | – | $604B |
| 1952 | – | $587B |
| 1951 | – | $416B |
| 1950 | – | $195B |
| 1949 | – | $181B |
- 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 United States
Health
- Life expectancyNigeria: 54.5 years in 2023United States: 79.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityNigeria: 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024United States: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityNigeria: 69.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023United States: 5.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterNigeria: 29% in 2022United States: 97.5% in 2022
- DepressionNigeria: 3.92% in 2017United States: 4.84% in 2017
- Suicide rateNigeria: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017United States: 12.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationNigeria: 228 million people in 2023United States: 344 million people in 2023
- Population growthNigeria: 2.1% a year in 2023United States: 0.58% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateNigeria: 4.48 births per woman in 2023United States: 1.62 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationNigeria: 63.8% in 2025United States: 80.2% in 2025
- Median ageNigeria: 17.8 years in 2023United States: 38 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overNigeria: 3% in 2023United States: 17.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateNigeria: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023United States: 3.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingNigeria: 0.91% of GDP in 2025United States: 3.12% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personNigeria: $9 in 2025United States: $2,755 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingNigeria: 5.9% of government spending in 2025United States: 8.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelNigeria: 223,000 people in 2020United States: 1.4 million people in 2020
- National powerNigeria: 1.16% of world capability in 2022United States: 12.36% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersNigeria: 0.23% of the labour force in 2020United States: 0.84% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsNigeria: 21 million TIV in 2025United States: 745 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsNigeria: 4 million TIV in 2022United States: 14 billion TIV in 2025