Niger
Military spending in Niger
Military spending in Niger: 0.87% of GDP in 1975 and 2.14% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 2.14% of GDP
- Since 1975
- +1.27 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 50 of 151
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 2.2% of GDP in 2024, the lowest 0.63% of GDP in 1981.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Niger |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.14 |
| 2024 | 2.2 |
| 2023 | 1.98 |
| 2022 | 1.57 |
| 2021 | 1.36 |
| 2020 | 1.73 |
| 2019 | 1.92 |
| 2018 | 1.79 |
| 2017 | 1.81 |
| 2016 | 1.6 |
| 2014 | 1.34 |
| 2013 | 1.05 |
| 2012 | 1.62 |
| 2011 | 0.98 |
| 2010 | 0.88 |
| 2009 | 0.74 |
| 2008 | 0.74 |
| 2005 | 0.72 |
| 2004 | 1.09 |
| 2003 | 0.93 |
| 2002 | 0.96 |
| 2001 | 1.32 |
| 2000 | 1.17 |
| 1999 | 1.17 |
| 1998 | 1.06 |
| 1997 | 0.93 |
| 1996 | 0.86 |
| 1995 | 0.97 |
| 1994 | 1.23 |
| 1987 | 0.64 |
| 1986 | 0.77 |
| 1985 | 0.74 |
| 1984 | 0.73 |
| 1983 | 0.69 |
| 1982 | 0.63 |
| 1981 | 0.63 |
| 1980 | 0.67 |
| 1979 | 0.84 |
| 1978 | 0.93 |
| 1977 | 0.94 |
| 1976 | 0.82 |
| 1975 | 0.87 |
Good to know
- 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.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending in US dollars$450M in 2025
- Military spending per person$18 in 2025
- Military share of state spending15.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel10,000 people in 2020
- National power0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.11% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports4 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports0 TIV in 1973