Military and security service personnel strengths | information varies; approximately 135,000 active-duty armed forces personnel (100,000 Army; 20,000 Navy/Coast Guard; 15,000 Air Force); approximately 80,000 Security and Civil Defense Corps; approximately 370,000 police (2023) |
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Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the military's inventory consists of a wide variety of imported weapons systems of Chinese, European, Middle Eastern, Russian (including Soviet-era), and US origin; the military is undergoing a modernization program, and in recent years has received equipment from nearly 20 countries with China and Russia as the leading suppliers; Nigeria is also developing a defense-industry capacity, including small arms, armored personnel vehicles, and small-scale naval production (2023) |
Military service age and obligation | 18-26 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription (2023). |
Military deployments | 190 Sudan/South Sudan (UNISFA) (2024). note: Nigeria has committed an Army combat brigade (approximately 3,000 troops) to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), a regional counter-terrorism force comprised of troops from Benin, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger; MNJTF conducts operations against Boko Haram and other terrorist groups operating in the general area of the Lake Chad Basin and along Nigeria's northeast border; national MNJTF troop contingents are deployed within their own country territories, although cross‐border operations are conducted periodically |
Military expenditures | |
Military Expenditures 2023 | 0.7% of GDP (2023 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2022 | 0.6% of GDP (2022 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2021 | 0.7% of GDP (2021 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2020 | 0.6% of GDP (2020 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2019 | 0.5% of GDP (2019 est.) |
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