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Nigeria: Military expenditure (current LCU)

3.20Tcurrent LCU · 2025+704.0% since 2015

Military expenditure in local currency at current prices (by calendar year) Annual figures for Nigeria from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current LCU)Note
20253,196,000,000,000
20241,678,400,000,000
20231,975,400,000,000
20221,315,710,000,000
20211,783,120,000,000
2020974,910,000,000
2019668,732,000,000
2018654,399,000,000
2017494,838,000,000
2016444,098,000,000
2015397,497,000,000
2014373,815,000,000
2013380,500,000,000
2012364,843,000,000
2011369,045,000,000
2010299,108,000,000
2009224,021,000,000
2008191,515,000,000
2007122,200,000,000
200699,853,000,000
200588,506,000,000
200485,047,000,000
200375,913,000,000
2002108,148,000,000
200163,472,000,000
200037,490,000,000
199945,400,000,000
199825,162,000,000
199717,920,000,000
199615,350,000,000
199514,000,000,000
19947,032,000,000
19936,382,000,000
19923,004,000,000
19912,415,000,000
19902,229,000,000
19891,257,200,000
19881,230,000,000
1987810,000,000
1986906,900,000
1985975,700,000
1984928,200,000
19831,178,900,000
19821,112,500,000
19811,319,100,000
19801,656,700,000
19791,854,800,000
19781,920,200,000
19772,023,200,000
19761,657,000,000
19751,864,100,000
1974851,600,000
1973671,200,000
1972594,800,000
1971455,700,000
1970473,100,000
1969488,900,000
1968263,600,000
1967171,400,000
196639,800,000
196547,100,000
196438,800,000
196332,500,000
196227,600,000
196120,200,000
196016,700,000

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by SIPRI. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Military expenditure (current LCU). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-military-expenditure (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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