Military Strength: Nigeria vs Sudan

Nigeria (ranked #61 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Sudan (#75) on the ARMS Index. Nigeria fields 223,000 active troops vs 144,000 for Sudan, backed by 80,000 paramilitary. Nigeria's $1.5B defense budget is 4.0:1 that of Sudan ($0.4B).

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NigeriaWorld #61 34.8

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Nigeria leads on 3 of 6 pillars

SudanWorld #75 28.4

70.7223K active troops Manpower15 % 67.8144K active troops
55.0330 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 68.6224 battle tanks
36.5147 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
39.124 combat aircraft Air power25 % 46.191 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
43.4$1.5B budget Defense budget10 % 26.1$375M budget

Nigeria Sudan Pillar scores 0–100 (weight under each label) over a headline figure from that domain · readiness modifier ×0.91 vs ×0.84 · Methodology

Key figures

	Nigeria	Sudan	Ratio
Defense budget	$1.5B	$375M	🇳🇬 4.0×
– share of GDP	0.6%	0.9%	🇸🇩 1.5×
Active personnel	223,000	144,000	🇳🇬 1.5×
Combat aircraft	24	91	🇸🇩 3.8×
Warships	147	0	🇳🇬
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	330	224	🇳🇬 1.5×
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	80,000	60,000	🇳🇬 1.3×
Military aircraft (all types)	164	184	🇸🇩 1.1×
– helicopters	73	70	🇳🇬 ≈
Budget share of govt spending	—	9.5%	🇸🇩
Budget per capita	$7	$8	🇸🇩 1.2×
Population	232.7M	50.4M	🇳🇬 4.6×
GDP	$252B	$50B	🇳🇬 5.1×
GDP per capita	$1,084	$985	🇳🇬 1.1×
Land area	910,768 km²	1,731,671 km²	🇸🇩 1.9×
Coastline	853 km	853 km	—