Bangladesh vs Kenya
Bangladesh vs Kenya: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $3.67B in Bangladesh and $1.36B in Kenya, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by $2.31B, or 2.7 times that in Kenya.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Bangladesh has been higher since 1992, when it overtook Kenya.
- In 2025, Bangladesh ranked 52 and Kenya ranked 73 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Bangladesh | Kenya |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3.67B | $1.36B |
| 2024 | $3.75B | $1.26B |
| 2023 | $3.75B | $1.14B |
| 2022 | $4.13B | $1.14B |
| 2021 | $4.67B | $1.16B |
| 2020 | $4.71B | $1.13B |
| 2019 | $4.63B | $1.15B |
| 2018 | $4.06B | $1.19B |
| 2017 | $3.68B | $1.16B |
| 2016 | $3.78B | $1.13B |
| 2015 | $3.44B | $1.05B |
| 2014 | $3.05B | $976M |
| 2013 | $2.85B | $1.07B |
| 2012 | $2.86B | $1.09B |
| 2011 | $2.72B | $962M |
| 2010 | $2.57B | $941M |
| 2009 | $2.13B | $887M |
| 2008 | $1.83B | $870M |
| 2007 | $1.85B | $911M |
| 2006 | $1.76B | $814M |
| 2005 | $1.63B | $823M |
| 2004 | $1.61B | $780M |
| 2003 | $1.58B | $791M |
| 2002 | $1.57B | $783M |
| 2001 | $1.62B | $728M |
| 2000 | $1.62B | $632M |
| 1999 | $1.56B | $589M |
| 1998 | $1.5B | $605M |
| 1997 | $1.48B | $642M |
| 1996 | $1.39B | $676M |
| 1995 | $1.33B | $578M |
| 1994 | $1.29B | $504M |
| 1993 | $1.15B | $605M |
| 1992 | $1.06B | $724M |
| 1991 | $923M | $968M |
| 1990 | $906M | $1.24B |
| 1989 | $912M | $1.22B |
| 1988 | $833M | $1.31B |
| 1987 | $758M | $1.36B |
| 1986 | $706M | $1.06B |
| 1985 | $648M | $884M |
| 1984 | $704M | $1.05B |
| 1983 | $716M | $1.28B |
| 1982 | $561M | $1.36B |
| 1981 | $486M | $1.35B |
| 1980 | $459M | $1.39B |
| 1979 | $437M | $1.71B |
| 1978 | $460M | $1.57B |
| 1977 | $515M | $1.21B |
| 1976 | $427M | $723M |
| 1975 | $242M | $504M |
| 1974 | $235M | $505M |
| 1973 | $208M | $467M |
| 1972 | – | $414M |
| 1971 | – | $325M |
| 1970 | – | $260M |
| 1969 | – | $246M |
| 1968 | – | $255M |
| 1967 | – | $250M |
| 1966 | – | $208M |
| 1965 | – | $165M |
| 1964 | – | $102M |
| 1963 | – | $32.2M |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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
Bangladesh vs Kenya
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Kenya: 63.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Kenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Kenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Kenya: 3.51% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Kenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Kenya: 55.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Kenya: 1.97% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Kenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Kenya: 32.2% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Kenya: 19.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Kenya: 2.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Kenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Kenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Kenya: $26 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Kenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Kenya: 24,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Kenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Kenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Kenya: 117 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984Kenya: 2 million TIV in 1993