World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): Nigeria

Most recent: 0.5554 (2024)
Earliest: 0.6958 (1960)
Highest: 10.32 (1969)
Years reported: 65
Member state: Nigeria at the United Nations

Military expenditure (% of GDP), 1960–2024. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

Year	Military expenditure (% of GDP)
2024	0.5554
2023	0.8427
2022	0.6502
2021	1.013
2020	0.632
2019	0.4592
2018	0.5069
2017	0.4307
2016	0.4329
2015	0.4176
2014	0.4147
2013	0.4697
2012	0.5043
2011	0.5792
2010	0.5392
2009	0.5059
2008	0.4891
2007	0.3704
2006	0.3484
2005	0.3974
2004	0.491
2003	0.5707
2002	0.9543
2001	0.7803
2000	0.5435
1999	0.8554
1998	0.5483
1997	0.4358
1996	0.4062
1995	0.4836
1994	0.7815
1993	0.9332
1992	0.564
1991	0.7737
1990	0.8331
1989	0.5799
1988	0.8844
1987	0.7698
1986	1.312
1985	1.437
1984	1.557
1983	2.22
1982	2.267
1981	2.77
1980	3.296
1979	4.322
1978	5.326
1977	6.024
1976	5.791
1975	8.124
1974	4.344
1973	5.478
1972	5.39
1971	4.392
1970	5.279
1969	10.32
1968	9.159
1967	5.808
1966	1.101
1965	1.401
1964	1.234
1963	1.103
1962	1.097
1961	0.8495
1960	0.6958

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