Canada vs Kenya
Canada vs Kenya: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 117 million TIV in Kenya, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kenya, by 34 million TIV, or 1.41 times that in Canada.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Kenya has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Canada.
- In 2025, Canada ranked 49 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 | Canada | Kenya | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 million | 117 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 198 million | 19 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 73 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 214 million | 1 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 357 million | 4 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 248 million | 71 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 187 million | 18 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 185 million | 7 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 354 million | 17 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 246 million | 32 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 408 million | 30 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 316 million | 17 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 202 million | 1 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 207 million | 68 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 356 million | 35 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 242 million | 96 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 104 million | 34 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 423 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 478 million | 11 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 97 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 106 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 341 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 140 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 418 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 520 million | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 529 million | 15 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 143 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 111 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 353 million | 61 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 419 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 405 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 473 million | 30 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 196 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 407 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 767 million | 14 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 157 million | 43 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 37 million | 47 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 712 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 787 million | 178 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 849 million | 26 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 848 million | 6 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 654 million | 12 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 649 million | 17 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 277 million | 85 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 453 million | 144 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 442 million | 119 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 193 million | 56 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 130 million | 211 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 90 million | 58 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 53 million | 17 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 195 million | 25 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 229 million | 28 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 78 million | 2 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 376 million | 9 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 457 million | 26 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 623 million | 0 | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 516 million | 3 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 336 million | 2 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 237 million | 2 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 306 million | 19 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 563 million | 15 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 742 million | 6 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 1.01 billion | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 1.22 billion | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 1.58 billion | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 171 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
Canada vs Kenya
Health
- Life expectancyCanada: 82.6 years in 2023Kenya: 63.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCanada: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Kenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCanada: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Kenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCanada: 3.99% in 2017Kenya: 3.51% in 2017
- Suicide rateCanada: 10.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Kenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCanada: 39.3 million people in 2023Kenya: 55.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthCanada: 1.22% a year in 2023Kenya: 1.97% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCanada: 1.35 births per woman in 2023Kenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCanada: 82.9% in 2025Kenya: 32.2% in 2025
- Median ageCanada: 40.3 years in 2023Kenya: 19.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCanada: 19.4% in 2023Kenya: 2.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateCanada: 11 per 1,000 people in 2023Kenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCanada: 1.63% of GDP in 2025Kenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCanada: $37.5B in 2025Kenya: $1.36B in 2025
- Military spending per personCanada: $939 in 2025Kenya: $26 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCanada: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Kenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCanada: 72,000 people in 2020Kenya: 24,000 people in 2020
- National powerCanada: 0.81% of world capability in 2022Kenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCanada: 0.35% of the labour force in 2020Kenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsCanada: 312 million TIV in 2025Kenya: 2 million TIV in 1993