Brazil vs Kenya
Brazil vs Kenya: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 462 million TIV in Brazil and 117 million TIV in Kenya, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 345 million TIV, or 3.95 times that in Kenya.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Brazil has been higher since 1983, when it overtook Kenya.
- In 2025, Brazil ranked 23 and Kenya ranked 43 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Brazil | Kenya | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 462 million | 117 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 450 million | 19 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 193 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 469 million | 1 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 240 million | 4 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 134 million | 71 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 125 million | 18 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 258 million | 7 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 96 million | 17 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 111 million | 32 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 202 million | 30 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 201 million | 17 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 217 million | 1 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 317 million | 68 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 231 million | 35 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 256 million | 96 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 135 million | 34 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 178 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 188 million | 11 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 178 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 223 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 85 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 110 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 221 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 573 million | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 86 million | 15 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 308 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 200 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 476 million | 61 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 547 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 267 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 311 million | 30 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 66 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 98 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 161 million | 14 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 140 million | 43 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 742 million | 47 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 125 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 234 million | 178 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 139 million | 26 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 82 million | 6 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 123 million | 12 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 88 million | 17 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 72 million | 85 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 61 million | 144 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 338 million | 119 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 375 million | 56 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 832 million | 211 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 525 million | 58 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 551 million | 17 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 538 million | 25 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 256 million | 28 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 598 million | 2 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 520 million | 9 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 171 million | 26 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 217 million | 0 | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 108 million | 3 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 236 million | 2 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 218 million | 2 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 57 million | 19 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 149 million | 15 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 25 million | 6 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 127 million | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 62 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 212 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 236 million | – | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Brazil vs Kenya
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023Kenya: 63.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024Kenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Kenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017Kenya: 3.51% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Kenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023Kenya: 55.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023Kenya: 1.97% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Kenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025Kenya: 32.2% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023Kenya: 19.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023Kenya: 2.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Kenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Kenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBrazil: $23.6B in 2025Kenya: $1.36B in 2025
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025Kenya: $26 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025Kenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020Kenya: 24,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022Kenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020Kenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025Kenya: 2 million TIV in 1993