Ghana vs Kenya

Ghana vs Kenya: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 5 million TIV in Ghana and 117 million TIV in Kenya, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kenya, by 112 million TIV, or 23 times that in Ghana.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Ghana vs Kenya: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 5 million TIV in Ghana and 117 million TIV in Kenya, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kenya, by 112 million TIV, or 23 times that in Ghana.
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What the numbers say

  • Kenya has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Ghana.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearGhanaKenyaWorld
20255 million117 million33.3 billion
202411 million19 million30.6 billion
20238 million–29.5 billion
202240 million1 million33 billion
2021–4 million26.8 billion
202012 million71 million23.4 billion
20192 million18 million26.9 billion
201807 million27.3 billion
2017–17 million31.2 billion
201622 million32 million31.4 billion
201513 million30 million28.7 billion
201417 million17 million27 billion
201352 million1 million27.4 billion
201239 million68 million27.9 billion
201176 million35 million29.9 billion
20102 million96 million25.8 billion
20096 million34 million24 billion
2008––24.1 billion
200716 million11 million26.5 billion
2006––24.4 billion
20050–21.3 billion
200437 million–21.3 billion
20036 million–19.2 billion
20021 million–17.7 billion
200112 million–18.3 billion
20001 million15 million20.5 billion
19998 million–25.3 billion
1998––27.9 billion
19975 million61 million28.9 billion
19967 million–23.7 billion
1995––22.9 billion
199411 million30 million22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
1992––24.3 billion
19911 million14 million27.8 billion
19904 million43 million28.6 billion
19892 million47 million31.7 billion
1988––32.9 billion
198713 million178 million36.2 billion
1986–26 million35.5 billion
19855 million6 million33.2 billion
1984–12 million36.8 billion
1983–17 million39.1 billion
1982–85 million41.4 billion
198148 million144 million42 billion
198038 million119 million37.4 billion
19797 million56 million33.3 billion
197818 million211 million39.2 billion
1977–58 million37 billion
197639 million17 million33 billion
197528 million25 million34.2 billion
197419 million28 million32.9 billion
197313 million2 million32.6 billion
197212 million9 million28.7 billion
1971–26 million29.3 billion
1970–022.1 billion
1969–3 million24.7 billion
1968–2 million22.4 billion
19671 million2 million22.1 billion
196624 million19 million22.4 billion
196540 million15 million23.1 billion
196440 million6 million24.2 billion
19636 million–18.1 billion
196220 million–15.5 billion
1961107 million–15 billion
196012 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.

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