Military Strength: Nigeria vs Tunisia

Nigeria (ranked #61 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Tunisia (#66) on the ARMS Index. Nigeria fields 223,000 active troops — 4.6:1 Tunisia's 48,000, backed by 80,000 paramilitary. Nigeria allocates $1.5B to defense compared to $1.3B for Tunisia.

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NigeriaWorld #61 34.8

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Nigeria leads on 5 of 6 pillars

TunisiaWorld #66 32.2

70.7223K active troops Manpower15 % 57.648K active troops
55.0330 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 53.190 battle tanks
36.5147 warships Naval power20 % 24.866 warships
39.124 combat aircraft Air power25 % 36.213 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
43.4$1.5B budget Defense budget10 % 35.3$1.3B budget

Nigeria Tunisia Pillar scores 0–100 (weight under each label) over a headline figure from that domain · readiness modifier ×0.91 vs ×1.00 · Methodology

Key figures

	Nigeria	Tunisia	Ratio
Defense budget	$1.5B	$1.3B	🇳🇬 1.2×
– share of GDP	0.6%	2.5%	🇹🇳 4.2×
Active personnel	223,000	48,000	🇳🇬 4.6×
Combat aircraft	24	13	🇳🇬 1.8×
Warships	147	66	🇳🇬 2.2×
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	330	90	🇳🇬 3.7×
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	80,000	12,000	🇳🇬 6.7×
Military aircraft (all types)	164	169	🇹🇳 ≈
– helicopters	73	116	🇹🇳 1.6×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$7	$105	🇹🇳 16×
Population	232.7M	12.3M	🇳🇬 19×
GDP	$252B	$51B	🇳🇬 4.9×
GDP per capita	$1,084	$4,181	🇹🇳 3.9×
Land area	910,768 km²	155,360 km²	🇳🇬 5.9×
Coastline	853 km	1,148 km	🇹🇳 1.3×