Military Strength: Nigeria vs Tanzania

Nigeria (ranked #61 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Tanzania (#84) on the ARMS Index. Nigeria fields 223,000 active troops — 8.0:1 Tanzania's 28,000, backed by 80,000 paramilitary. Nigeria allocates $1.5B to defense compared to $1B for Tanzania.

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NigeriaWorld #61 34.8

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Nigeria leads on 5 of 6 pillars

TanzaniaWorld #84 25.6

70.7223K active troops Manpower15 % 62.328K active troops
55.0330 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 44.062 battle tanks
36.5147 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
39.124 combat aircraft Air power25 % 30.820 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
43.4$1.5B budget Defense budget10 % 33.5$1B budget

Nigeria Tanzania 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	Tanzania	Ratio
Defense budget	$1.5B	$1B	🇳🇬 1.5×
– share of GDP	0.6%	1.3%	🇹🇿 2.2×
Active personnel	223,000	28,000	🇳🇬 8.0×
Combat aircraft	24	20	🇳🇬 1.2×
Warships	147	0	🇳🇬
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	330	62	🇳🇬 5.3×
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	80,000	🇹🇿
Paramilitary forces	80,000	1,400	🇳🇬 57×
Military aircraft (all types)	182	43	🇳🇬 4.2×
– helicopters	73	15	🇳🇬 4.9×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$7	$15	🇹🇿 2.3×
Population	232.7M	68.6M	🇳🇬 3.4×
GDP	$252B	$79B	🇳🇬 3.2×
GDP per capita	$1,084	$1,150	🇹🇿 1.1×
Land area	910,768 km²	885,800 km²	🇳🇬 ≈
Coastline	853 km	1,424 km	🇹🇿 1.7×