Cameroon vs Kenya: Arms imports

Arms imports: 2 million TIV in Cameroon in 2023 and 117 million TIV in Kenya in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 1 million TIV, or 2 times that in Kenya.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Cameroon has been higher since 2022.
The world as a whole: 33 billion TIV in 2022.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Cameroon	Kenya	World
2025	–	117 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	19 million	30.6 billion
2023	2 million	–	29.5 billion
2022	2 million	1 million	33 billion
2021	4 million	4 million	26.8 billion
2020	2 million	71 million	23.4 billion
2019	4 million	18 million	26.9 billion
2018	2 million	7 million	27.3 billion
2017	8 million	17 million	31.2 billion
2016	23 million	32 million	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	30 million	28.7 billion
2014	124 million	17 million	27 billion
2013	139 million	1 million	27.4 billion
2012	9 million	68 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	35 million	29.9 billion
2010	10 million	96 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	34 million	24 billion
2008	1 million	–	24.1 billion
2007	–	11 million	26.5 billion
2006	3 million	–	24.4 billion
2005	5 million	–	21.3 billion
2004	–	–	21.3 billion
2003	–	–	19.2 billion
2002	10 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	6 million	–	18.3 billion
2000	–	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	4 million	–	25.3 billion
1998	9 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	6 million	61 million	28.9 billion
1996	5 million	–	23.7 billion
1995	–	–	22.9 billion
1994	–	30 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	–	25.8 billion
1992	3 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	–	14 million	27.8 billion
1990	8 million	43 million	28.6 billion
1989	3 million	47 million	31.7 billion
1988	2 million	–	32.9 billion
1987	5 million	178 million	36.2 billion
1986	11 million	26 million	35.5 billion
1985	16 million	6 million	33.2 billion
1984	125 million	12 million	36.8 billion
1983	5 million	17 million	39.1 billion
1982	113 million	85 million	41.4 billion
1981	28 million	144 million	42 billion
1980	–	119 million	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	56 million	33.3 billion
1978	–	211 million	39.2 billion
1977	73 million	58 million	37 billion
1976	29 million	17 million	33 billion
1975	–	25 million	34.2 billion
1974	–	28 million	32.9 billion
1973	15 million	2 million	32.6 billion
1972	1 million	9 million	28.7 billion
1971	8 million	26 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	0	22.1 billion
1969	–	3 million	24.7 billion
1968	3 million	2 million	22.4 billion
1967	3 million	2 million	22.1 billion
1966	2 million	19 million	22.4 billion
1965	2 million	15 million	23.1 billion
1964	0	6 million	24.2 billion
1963	2 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	–	–	15.5 billion
1961	0	–	15 billion
1960	–	–	15.7 billion

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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.

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