Statizoid

Malaysia vs Nigeria: Military spending

Malaysia
4.68 billion constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Nigeria
4.07 billion constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Malaysia rank
53rd
Nigeria rank
56th

Military spending over time

  • Malaysia
  • Nigeria
02.0B4.0B6.0B195719902023

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 4.68 billion constant 2022 US$ against 4.07 billion constant 2022 US$ in Nigeria, a difference of 615.93 million constant 2022 US$.

That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.2 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Malaysia ahead.

Malaysia ranks 53rd and Nigeria ranks 56th of 172 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Military spending
Unit
constant 2022 US$
Source
Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
172 places, 15,402 data points, 1816–2023
Last refreshed

This data is expressed in US dollars. It is adjusted for inflation but does not account for differences in the cost of living between countries.