Nigeria vs Tanzania: Military expenditure

Nigeria

1.68 trillion current LCU

in 2024

Tanzania

2.41 trillion current LCU

in 2024

Nigeria rank

28th

Tanzania rank

25th

Military expenditure over time

Tanzania currently reports 2.41 trillion current LCU against 1.68 trillion current LCU in Nigeria, a difference of 730.00 billion current LCU.

That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.4 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Nigeria ahead.

Globally, Nigeria ranks 28th and Tanzania ranks 25th of 167 countries.

Indicator: Military expenditure (current LCU)
Unit: current LCU
Source: SIPRI Military Expenditure Database, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 167 places, 8,248 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Military expenditure in local currency at current prices (by calendar year)