Angola vs Kenya
Angola vs Kenya: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 1.4% of GDP in Angola and 1.07% of GDP in Kenya, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Angola, by 0.33 percentage points, or 1.31 times that in Kenya.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Angola has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Kenya.
- In 2025, Angola ranked 89 and Kenya ranked 105 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Angola | Kenya |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.4 | 1.07 |
| 2024 | 1.03 | 1.04 |
| 2023 | 1.43 | 0.98 |
| 2022 | 1.43 | 1.01 |
| 2021 | 1.39 | 1.08 |
| 2020 | 1.81 | 1.11 |
| 2019 | 1.77 | 1.11 |
| 2018 | 1.96 | 1.21 |
| 2017 | 2.51 | 1.24 |
| 2016 | 2.73 | 1.25 |
| 2015 | 3.11 | 1.2 |
| 2014 | 4.7 | 1.2 |
| 2013 | 4.46 | 1.4 |
| 2012 | 3.24 | 1.49 |
| 2011 | 3.26 | 1.38 |
| 2010 | 4.18 | 1.37 |
| 2009 | 4.71 | 1.37 |
| 2008 | 3.57 | 1.62 |
| 2007 | 3.11 | 1.55 |
| 2006 | 3.76 | 1.46 |
| 2005 | 3.69 | 1.69 |
| 2004 | 3.47 | 1.61 |
| 2003 | 3.76 | 1.65 |
| 2002 | 2.87 | 1.63 |
| 2001 | 4.52 | 1.51 |
| 2000 | 6.39 | 1.31 |
| 1999 | 17.33 | 1.19 |
| 1998 | 2.64 | 1.22 |
| 1997 | 5.97 | 1.34 |
| 1996 | 2.45 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | 4.71 | 1.65 |
| 1994 | 5.71 | 1.64 |
| 1993 | 17.52 | 1.84 |
| 1992 | 5.68 | 1.9 |
| 1991 | 7.1 | 2.35 |
| 1990 | 17.46 | 2.89 |
| 1989 | 19.43 | 2.74 |
| 1988 | 21.98 | 2.95 |
| 1987 | 22.25 | 3.13 |
| 1986 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 1985 | 0 | 2.38 |
| 1984 | – | 3.48 |
| 1983 | – | 4.2 |
| 1982 | – | 4.57 |
| 1981 | – | 4.23 |
| 1980 | – | 4.52 |
| 1979 | – | 5.5 |
| 1978 | – | 5.2 |
| 1977 | – | 3.74 |
| 1976 | – | 2.49 |
| 1975 | – | 1.88 |
| 1974 | – | 1.78 |
| 1973 | – | 1.66 |
| 1972 | – | 1.54 |
| 1971 | – | 1.23 |
| 1970 | – | 1.06 |
| 1969 | – | 1.08 |
| 1968 | – | 1.22 |
| 1967 | – | 1.31 |
| 1966 | – | 1.13 |
| 1965 | – | 0.99 |
| 1964 | – | 0.59 |
| 1963 | – | 0.21 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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 151 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 spending in US dollarsAngola: $1.26B in 2025Kenya: $1.36B in 2025
- Military spending per personAngola: $38 in 2025Kenya: $26 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAngola: 5.9% of government spending in 2025Kenya: 4.6% of government spending 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