Niger
Military spending in US dollars in Niger
Military spending in US dollars in Niger: $16.7M in 1975 and $450M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $450M
- Since 1975
- +$433M
- Rank, 2025
- 102 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $450M in 2025, the lowest $16.4M in 1982.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Niger |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $450M |
| 2024 | $436M |
| 2023 | $362M |
| 2022 | $282M |
| 2021 | $218M |
| 2020 | $277M |
| 2019 | $301M |
| 2018 | $259M |
| 2017 | $245M |
| 2016 | $211M |
| 2014 | $156M |
| 2013 | $113M |
| 2012 | $167M |
| 2011 | $87.4M |
| 2010 | $75.2M |
| 2009 | $57.3M |
| 2008 | $55.3M |
| 2005 | $44.4M |
| 2004 | $46.2M |
| 2003 | $39.7M |
| 2002 | $39.3M |
| 2001 | $51M |
| 2000 | $41.6M |
| 1999 | $43.5M |
| 1998 | $38.1M |
| 1997 | $30.9M |
| 1996 | $28M |
| 1995 | $30.5M |
| 1994 | $35.6M |
| 1987 | $16.9M |
| 1986 | $19.2M |
| 1985 | $18.2M |
| 1984 | $17.2M |
| 1983 | $18.8M |
| 1982 | $16.4M |
| 1981 | $16.6M |
| 1980 | $19.3M |
| 1979 | $22M |
| 1978 | $21.1M |
| 1977 | $18.9M |
| 1976 | $16.8M |
| 1975 | $16.7M |
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.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending2.14% of GDP 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