Austria vs Kenya
Austria vs Kenya: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 1.1% of GDP in Austria and 1.07% of GDP in Kenya, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Austria, by 0.03 percentage points, or 1.03 times that in Kenya.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Austria has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Kenya.
- In 2025, Austria ranked 104 and Kenya ranked 105 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Austria | Kenya |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.1 | 1.07 |
| 2024 | 0.99 | 1.04 |
| 2023 | 0.86 | 0.98 |
| 2022 | 0.76 | 1.01 |
| 2021 | 0.87 | 1.08 |
| 2020 | 0.89 | 1.11 |
| 2019 | 0.75 | 1.11 |
| 2018 | 0.75 | 1.21 |
| 2017 | 0.76 | 1.24 |
| 2016 | 0.73 | 1.25 |
| 2015 | 0.7 | 1.2 |
| 2014 | 0.75 | 1.2 |
| 2013 | 0.76 | 1.4 |
| 2012 | 0.78 | 1.49 |
| 2011 | 0.8 | 1.38 |
| 2010 | 0.83 | 1.37 |
| 2009 | 0.84 | 1.37 |
| 2008 | 0.88 | 1.62 |
| 2007 | 0.91 | 1.55 |
| 2006 | 0.79 | 1.46 |
| 2005 | 0.86 | 1.69 |
| 2004 | 0.9 | 1.61 |
| 2003 | 0.92 | 1.65 |
| 2002 | 0.89 | 1.63 |
| 2001 | 0.91 | 1.51 |
| 2000 | 0.98 | 1.31 |
| 1999 | 0.98 | 1.19 |
| 1998 | 1.02 | 1.22 |
| 1997 | 1.05 | 1.34 |
| 1996 | 1.05 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | 1.07 | 1.65 |
| 1994 | 1.09 | 1.64 |
| 1993 | 1.12 | 1.84 |
| 1992 | 1.1 | 1.9 |
| 1991 | 1.15 | 2.35 |
| 1990 | 1.2 | 2.89 |
| 1989 | 1.23 | 2.74 |
| 1988 | 1.3 | 2.95 |
| 1987 | 1.42 | 3.13 |
| 1986 | 1.51 | 2.5 |
| 1985 | 1.51 | 2.38 |
| 1984 | 1.41 | 3.48 |
| 1983 | 1.39 | 4.2 |
| 1982 | 1.41 | 4.57 |
| 1981 | 1.38 | 4.23 |
| 1980 | 1.42 | 4.52 |
| 1979 | 1.43 | 5.5 |
| 1978 | 1.43 | 5.2 |
| 1977 | 1.35 | 3.74 |
| 1976 | 1.37 | 2.49 |
| 1975 | 1.45 | 1.88 |
| 1974 | 1.28 | 1.78 |
| 1973 | 1.19 | 1.66 |
| 1972 | 1.2 | 1.54 |
| 1971 | 1.25 | 1.23 |
| 1970 | 1.38 | 1.06 |
| 1969 | 1.5 | 1.08 |
| 1968 | 1.54 | 1.22 |
| 1967 | 1.61 | 1.31 |
| 1966 | 1.62 | 1.13 |
| 1965 | 1.51 | 0.99 |
| 1964 | 1.89 | 0.59 |
| 1963 | 1.58 | 0.21 |
| 1962 | 1.35 | – |
| 1961 | 1.31 | – |
| 1960 | 1.46 | – |
| 1959 | 1.7 | – |
| 1958 | 1.81 | – |
| 1957 | 1.63 | – |
- Estimate
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.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- 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
Austria vs Kenya
Health
- Life expectancyAustria: 82 years in 2023Kenya: 63.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustria: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Kenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustria: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Kenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAustria: 3.26% in 2017Kenya: 3.51% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustria: 11.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Kenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustria: 9.13 million people in 2023Kenya: 55.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustria: -0.12% a year in 2023Kenya: 1.97% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustria: 1.32 births per woman in 2023Kenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustria: 69.7% in 2025Kenya: 32.2% in 2025
- Median ageAustria: 43.1 years in 2023Kenya: 19.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustria: 20.2% in 2023Kenya: 2.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustria: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Kenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsAustria: $5.88B in 2025Kenya: $1.36B in 2025
- Military spending per personAustria: $697 in 2025Kenya: $26 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustria: 2% of government spending in 2025Kenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustria: 23,000 people in 2020Kenya: 24,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustria: 0.17% of world capability in 2022Kenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustria: 0.5% of the labour force in 2020Kenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustria: 29 million TIV in 2025Kenya: 117 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAustria: 1 million TIV in 2025Kenya: 2 million TIV in 1993