Nigeria
Military spending in US dollars in Nigeria
Military spending in US dollars in Nigeria: $120M in 1960 and $1.76B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $1.76B
- Since 1960
- +$1.64B
- Rank, 2025
- 66 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $4.66B in 1975, the lowest $120M in 1960.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Nigeria |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.76B |
| 2024 | $1.14B |
| 2023 | $1.78B |
| 2022 | $1.48B |
| 2021 | $2.38B |
| 2020 | $1.52B |
| 2019 | $1.18B |
| 2018 | $1.29B |
| 2017 | $1.09B |
| 2016 | $1.14B |
| 2015 | $1.18B |
| 2014 | $1.21B |
| 2013 | $1.33B |
| 2012 | $1.39B |
| 2011 | $1.58B |
| 2010 | $1.41B |
| 2009 | $1.21B |
| 2008 | $1.16B |
| 2007 | $825M |
| 2006 | $711M |
| 2005 | $682M |
| 2004 | $772M |
| 2003 | $793M |
| 2002 | $1.29B |
| 2001 | $853M |
| 2000 | $599M |
| 1999 | $776M |
| 1998 | $458M |
| 1997 | $359M |
| 1996 | $334M |
| 1995 | $394M |
| 1994 | $342M |
| 1993 | $487M |
| 1992 | $360M |
| 1991 | $419M |
| 1990 | $437M |
| 1989 | $264M |
| 1988 | $389M |
| 1987 | $396M |
| 1986 | $494M |
| 1985 | $561M |
| 1984 | $574M |
| 1983 | $859M |
| 1982 | $998M |
| 1981 | $1.28B |
| 1980 | $1.93B |
| 1979 | $2.38B |
| 1978 | $2.75B |
| 1977 | $3.53B |
| 1976 | $3.33B |
| 1975 | $4.66B |
| 1974 | $2.85B |
| 1973 | $2.53B |
| 1972 | $2.36B |
| 1971 | $1.87B |
| 1970 | $2.26B |
| 1969 | $2.65B |
| 1968 | $1.58B |
| 1967 | $1.02B |
| 1966 | $228M |
| 1965 | $296M |
| 1964 | $254M |
| 1963 | $214M |
| 1962 | $177M |
| 1961 | $136M |
| 1960 | $120M |
- Estimate
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.
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- Military spending0.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$9 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel223,000 people in 2020
- National power1.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports21 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports4 million TIV in 2022