Burundi vs Kenya
Burundi vs Kenya: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $169M in Burundi and $1.36B in Kenya, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kenya, by $1.19B, or 8 times that in Burundi.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Kenya has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1965.
- In 2025, Burundi ranked 124 and Kenya ranked 73 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Burundi | Kenya |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $169M | $1.36B |
| 2024 | $172M | $1.26B |
| 2023 | $156M | $1.14B |
| 2022 | $110M | $1.14B |
| 2021 | $84.9M | $1.16B |
| 2020 | $88M | $1.13B |
| 2019 | $114M | $1.15B |
| 2018 | $84.5M | $1.19B |
| 2017 | $77.5M | $1.16B |
| 2016 | $90M | $1.13B |
| 2015 | $89.9M | $1.05B |
| 2014 | $87.8M | $976M |
| 2013 | $90.2M | $1.07B |
| 2012 | $87.5M | $1.09B |
| 2011 | – | $962M |
| 2010 | – | $941M |
| 2009 | – | $887M |
| 2008 | $81.5M | $870M |
| 2007 | $97.7M | $911M |
| 2006 | $97.3M | $814M |
| 2005 | $117M | $823M |
| 2004 | $122M | $780M |
| 2003 | $125M | $791M |
| 2002 | $123M | $783M |
| 2001 | $128M | $728M |
| 2000 | $96.8M | $632M |
| 1999 | $113M | $589M |
| 1998 | $107M | $605M |
| 1997 | $100M | $642M |
| 1996 | $92.8M | $676M |
| 1995 | $80.1M | $578M |
| 1994 | $96.2M | $504M |
| 1993 | $91.9M | $605M |
| 1992 | $92.9M | $724M |
| 1991 | $90.4M | $968M |
| 1990 | $88.3M | $1.24B |
| 1989 | $83.8M | $1.22B |
| 1988 | $74.8M | $1.31B |
| 1987 | $61.8M | $1.36B |
| 1986 | $68.8M | $1.06B |
| 1985 | $68.8M | $884M |
| 1984 | $65.8M | $1.05B |
| 1983 | $67.1M | $1.28B |
| 1982 | $75M | $1.36B |
| 1981 | $64.9M | $1.35B |
| 1980 | $67.4M | $1.39B |
| 1979 | $50M | $1.71B |
| 1978 | $58.1M | $1.57B |
| 1977 | $59M | $1.21B |
| 1976 | $43.1M | $723M |
| 1975 | $36M | $504M |
| 1974 | $37.5M | $505M |
| 1973 | $34M | $467M |
| 1972 | $24M | $414M |
| 1971 | $18.2M | $325M |
| 1970 | – | $260M |
| 1969 | $23.9M | $246M |
| 1968 | $19.3M | $255M |
| 1967 | $18.8M | $250M |
| 1966 | $17.9M | $208M |
| 1965 | $17M | $165M |
| 1964 | – | $102M |
| 1963 | – | $32.2M |
- Highly uncertain
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
Burundi vs Kenya
Health
- Life expectancyBurundi: 63.7 years in 2023Kenya: 63.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBurundi: 4.7 per 100 live births in 2024Kenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBurundi: 35.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Kenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBurundi: 3.72% in 2017Kenya: 3.51% in 2017
- Suicide rateBurundi: 12.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Kenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBurundi: 13.7 million people in 2023Kenya: 55.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthBurundi: 2.71% a year in 2023Kenya: 1.97% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBurundi: 4.88 births per woman in 2023Kenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBurundi: 25.7% in 2025Kenya: 32.2% in 2025
- Median ageBurundi: 15.9 years in 2023Kenya: 19.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBurundi: 2.5% in 2023Kenya: 2.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateBurundi: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Kenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBurundi: 3.24% of GDP in 2025Kenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personBurundi: $16 in 2025Kenya: $26 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBurundi: 14.9% of government spending in 2025Kenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBurundi: 31,000 people in 2020Kenya: 24,000 people in 2020
- National powerBurundi: 0.06% of world capability in 2022Kenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBurundi: 0.59% of the labour force in 2020Kenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBurundi: 2 million TIV in 2019Kenya: 117 million TIV in 2025