Egypt vs Kenya: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 697 million TIV in Egypt and 117 million TIV in Kenya, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Egypt, by 580 million TIV, or 5.96 times that in Kenya.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Egypt has been higher since 1979, when it overtook Kenya.
In 2025, Egypt ranked 15 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	Egypt	Kenya	World
2025	697 million	117 million	33.3 billion
2024	128 million	19 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.15 billion	–	29.5 billion
2022	742 million	1 million	33 billion
2021	1.3 billion	4 million	26.8 billion
2020	1.4 billion	71 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.09 billion	18 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.64 billion	7 million	27.3 billion
2017	2.48 billion	17 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.65 billion	32 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.44 billion	30 million	28.7 billion
2014	430 million	17 million	27 billion
2013	719 million	1 million	27.4 billion
2012	308 million	68 million	27.9 billion
2011	653 million	35 million	29.9 billion
2010	689 million	96 million	25.8 billion
2009	95 million	34 million	24 billion
2008	326 million	–	24.1 billion
2007	660 million	11 million	26.5 billion
2006	695 million	–	24.4 billion
2005	833 million	–	21.3 billion
2004	660 million	–	21.3 billion
2003	633 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	717 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	824 million	–	18.3 billion
2000	833 million	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	517 million	–	25.3 billion
1998	483 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	1.05 billion	61 million	28.9 billion
1996	969 million	–	23.7 billion
1995	1.7 billion	–	22.9 billion
1994	2.03 billion	30 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.26 billion	–	25.8 billion
1992	973 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	887 million	14 million	27.8 billion
1990	563 million	43 million	28.6 billion
1989	319 million	47 million	31.7 billion
1988	449 million	–	32.9 billion
1987	1.63 billion	178 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.47 billion	26 million	35.5 billion
1985	955 million	6 million	33.2 billion
1984	1.51 billion	12 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.7 billion	17 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.51 billion	85 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.2 billion	144 million	42 billion
1980	1.02 billion	119 million	37.4 billion
1979	631 million	56 million	33.3 billion
1978	136 million	211 million	39.2 billion
1977	410 million	58 million	37 billion
1976	159 million	17 million	33 billion
1975	566 million	25 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.11 billion	28 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.61 billion	2 million	32.6 billion
1972	3.26 billion	9 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.98 billion	26 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.98 billion	0	22.1 billion
1969	1.24 billion	3 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.28 billion	2 million	22.4 billion
1967	2.24 billion	2 million	22.1 billion
1966	1.54 billion	19 million	22.4 billion
1965	962 million	15 million	23.1 billion
1964	851 million	6 million	24.2 billion
1963	741 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	544 million	–	15 billion
1960	164 million	–	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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