Indicator	Value
Military expenditure (% GDP)	0.555 %SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Military expenditure	1,130,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Armed forces personnel	223,000 peopleWorld Bank WDI [2020]
Arms imports	67,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Arms exports	3,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2022]
Military & security forces	Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN): Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy (includes Coast Guard), Nigerian Air ForceMinistry of Interior: Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC); Ministry of Police Affairs: Nigeria Police Force (NPF) (2025); note: note 1: the NSCDC is a paramilitary agency commissioned to assist the military in the management of threats to internal security, including attacks and natural disastersnote 2: some states have created local security forces in response to increased violence, insecurity, and criminality that have exceeded the response capacity of federal government security forces, but official security forces remained the constitutional prerogative of the federal government; in 2023, the federal government began deploying thousands of "agro rangers" across 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory to help safeguard farmland and mediate conflicts, especially in areas hit by farmer-herder clashesCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Military service age & obligation	18-25 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription (2025)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Arms imports (USD)	67,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Arms exports (USD)	3,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2022]
Military spending (% of GDP)	0.555 %SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Military spending (USD)	1,130,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]