Military expenditure (% of GDP)
0.91% Nigeria, 2025
Up 0.4 points from 0.56% in 2024.
International estimateYearly
Source: World Bank · World Development Indicators · MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS · version 3, published 2 Nov 2026 · CC-BY-4.0
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How we know
- Definition
- Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product
- Type of figure
- International estimate. Estimated by an international organisation from several national sources.
- Updated
- Yearly
- Compiled from
- SIPRI Military Expenditure Database, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
- Source
- World Bank, World Development Indicators (MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS)
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- Version
- Dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026
- Cite this
- World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS. Retrieved via DataNigeria (dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026). Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
All years
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.91% |
| 2024 | 0.56% |
| 2023 | 0.84% |
| 2022 | 0.65% |
| 2021 | 1.01% |
| 2020 | 0.63% |
| 2019 | 0.46% |
| 2018 | 0.51% |
| 2017 | 0.43% |
| 2016 | 0.43% |
| 2015 | 0.42% |
| 2014 | 0.41% |
| 2013 | 0.47% |
| 2012 | 0.50% |
| 2011 | 0.58% |
| 2010 | 0.54% |
| 2009 | 0.51% |
| 2008 | 0.49% |
| 2007 | 0.37% |
| 2006 | 0.35% |
| 2005 | 0.40% |
| 2004 | 0.49% |
| 2003 | 0.57% |
| 2002 | 0.95% |
| 2001 | 0.78% |
| 2000 | 0.54% |
| 1999 | 0.86% |
| 1998 | 0.55% |
| 1997 | 0.44% |
| 1996 | 0.41% |
| 1995 | 0.48% |
| 1994 | 0.78% |
| 1993 | 0.93% |
| 1992 | 0.56% |
| 1991 | 0.77% |
| 1990 | 0.83% |
| 1989 | 0.58% |
| 1988 | 0.88% |
| 1987 | 0.77% |
| 1986 | 1.31% |
| 1985 | 1.44% |
| 1984 | 1.56% |
| 1983 | 2.22% |
| 1982 | 2.27% |
| 1981 | 2.77% |
| 1980 | 3.30% |
| 1979 | 4.32% |
| 1978 | 5.33% |
| 1977 | 6.02% |
| 1976 | 5.79% |
| 1975 | 8.12% |
| 1974 | 4.34% |
| 1973 | 5.48% |
| 1972 | 5.39% |
| 1971 | 4.39% |
| 1970 | 5.28% |
| 1969 | 10.32% |
| 1968 | 9.16% |
| 1967 | 5.81% |
| 1966 | 1.10% |
| 1965 | 1.40% |
| 1964 | 1.23% |
| 1963 | 1.10% |
| 1962 | 1.10% |
| 1961 | 0.85% |
| 1960 | 0.70% |