France vs Kenya
France vs Kenya: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 236 million TIV in France and 117 million TIV in Kenya, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in France, by 119 million TIV, or 2.02 times that in Kenya.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- France has been higher since 2015.
- In 2025, France ranked 34 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 | France | Kenya | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 236 million | 117 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 183 million | 19 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 114 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 130 million | 1 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 105 million | 4 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 225 million | 71 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 104 million | 18 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 201 million | 7 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 84 million | 17 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 38 million | 32 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 36 million | 30 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 17 million | 17 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 104 million | 1 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 86 million | 68 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 41 million | 35 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 103 million | 96 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 72 million | 34 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 2 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 75 million | 11 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 68 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 2 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 93 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 55 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 38 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 61 million | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 98 million | 15 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 105 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 171 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 223 million | 61 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 64 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 99 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 84 million | 30 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 102 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 439 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 963 million | 14 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 77 million | 43 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 107 million | 47 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 134 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 84 million | 178 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 100 million | 26 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 20 million | 6 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 73 million | 12 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 108 million | 17 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 142 million | 85 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 106 million | 144 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 70 million | 119 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 107 million | 56 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 231 million | 211 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 194 million | 58 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 186 million | 17 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 45 million | 25 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 46 million | 28 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 51 million | 2 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 33 million | 9 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 57 million | 26 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 44 million | 0 | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 64 million | 3 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 123 million | 2 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 98 million | 2 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 106 million | 19 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 378 million | 15 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 1.3 billion | 6 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 162 million | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 122 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 321 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 526 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
France vs Kenya
Health
- Life expectancyFrance: 83.3 years in 2023Kenya: 63.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityFrance: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Kenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityFrance: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Kenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionFrance: 4.25% in 2017Kenya: 3.51% in 2017
- Suicide rateFrance: 12.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Kenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationFrance: 66.4 million people in 2023Kenya: 55.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthFrance: 0.17% a year in 2023Kenya: 1.97% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateFrance: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Kenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationFrance: 78.8% in 2025Kenya: 32.2% in 2025
- Median ageFrance: 41.8 years in 2023Kenya: 19.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overFrance: 21.8% in 2023Kenya: 2.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateFrance: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Kenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingFrance: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Kenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsFrance: $64.5B in 2025Kenya: $1.36B in 2025
- Military spending per personFrance: $1,021 in 2025Kenya: $26 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingFrance: 3.5% of government spending in 2025Kenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelFrance: 304,000 people in 2020Kenya: 24,000 people in 2020
- National powerFrance: 1.09% of world capability in 2022Kenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersFrance: 1% of the labour force in 2020Kenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsFrance: 3.37 billion TIV in 2025Kenya: 2 million TIV in 1993