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From the article: "But Nigeria’s army...still wields considerable power. A fifth of Nigeria’s nearly $30 billion budget goes to the armed forces." That's almos
by lionsdan 12y ago
From the article: "But Nigeria’s army...still wields considerable power. A fifth of Nigeria’s nearly $30 billion budget goes to the armed forces."
That's almost exactly the same percentage as in the USA[1].
[1] http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=1258 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=1258
- rustyconover 12y agoA more insightful measure would be against GDP rather than government budget total.
- lionsdan 12y agoUSA = 3.8%, Nigeria = 0.5% http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS/countries http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS/countr...
- adventured 12y agoInterestingly it had been climbing for years, and reached 0.8% in 2011, but has been falling since then: http://www.janes.com/article/32167/nigerian-defence-spending-to-fall-for-the-first-time-in-a-decade http://www.janes.com/article/32167/nigerian-defence-spending... Given Nigeria's security challenges, I would have expected greater military spending. At 0.5% it's among the lowest on earth.