Angola vs Kenya
Angola vs Kenya: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending in 2025: 5.9% of government spending in Angola and 4.6% of government spending in Kenya, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Angola, by 1.3 percentage points, or 1.28 times that in Kenya.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Angola has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Kenya.
- In 2025, Angola ranked 57 and Kenya ranked 86 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Angola | Kenya |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.9 | 4.6 |
| 2024 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 2023 | 5.9 | 4.3 |
| 2022 | 5.8 | 4.4 |
| 2021 | 6.7 | 4.5 |
| 2020 | 7.5 | 4.5 |
| 2019 | 8.5 | 4.6 |
| 2018 | 9.5 | 4.9 |
| 2017 | 10.4 | 4.9 |
| 2016 | 12.4 | 4.9 |
| 2015 | 11.5 | 5.1 |
| 2014 | 12.9 | 5.1 |
| 2013 | 12 | 6 |
| 2012 | 8.7 | 6.7 |
| 2011 | 8.7 | 6.9 |
| 2010 | 10.6 | 6.4 |
| 2009 | 10.5 | 6.7 |
| 2008 | 6.8 | 7.5 |
| 2007 | 8.2 | 7.5 |
| 2006 | 12.3 | 7.3 |
| 2005 | 13.9 | 7.4 |
| 2004 | 11.7 | 7.4 |
| 2003 | 10.9 | 7.2 |
| 2002 | 9.2 | 7.2 |
| 2001 | 10.8 | 7 |
| 2000 | 12.9 | 6.5 |
| 1999 | 27.4 | 6 |
| 1998 | 6.2 | 5.4 |
| 1997 | 13.9 | 5.8 |
| 1996 | 6 | 6.2 |
| 1995 | – | 5.4 |
| 1994 | – | 5 |
| 1993 | – | 5.3 |
| 1992 | – | 5.9 |
| 1991 | – | 7.6 |
| 1990 | – | 8.9 |
| 1989 | – | 9 |
| 1988 | – | 10 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Ranks count the 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Angola vs Kenya
Health
- Life expectancyAngola: 64.6 years in 2023Kenya: 63.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAngola: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024Kenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAngola: 48.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Kenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAngola: 4.16% in 2017Kenya: 3.51% in 2017
- Suicide rateAngola: 12 per 100,000 people in 2017Kenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAngola: 36.8 million people in 2023Kenya: 55.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthAngola: 3.06% a year in 2023Kenya: 1.97% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAngola: 5.12 births per woman in 2023Kenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAngola: 71.5% in 2025Kenya: 32.2% in 2025
- Median ageAngola: 16.5 years in 2023Kenya: 19.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAngola: 2.8% in 2023Kenya: 2.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateAngola: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023Kenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAngola: 1.4% of GDP in 2025Kenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAngola: $1.26B in 2025Kenya: $1.36B in 2025
- Military spending per personAngola: $38 in 2025Kenya: $26 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAngola: 117,000 people in 2020Kenya: 24,000 people in 2020
- National powerAngola: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Kenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAngola: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020Kenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAngola: 84 million TIV in 2025Kenya: 117 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAngola: 2 million TIV in 2002Kenya: 2 million TIV in 1993