Guinea vs Kenya
Guinea vs Kenya: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 6 million TIV in Guinea and 117 million TIV in Kenya, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kenya, by 111 million TIV, or 20 times that in Guinea.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Kenya has been higher since 2007, when it overtook Guinea.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Guinea | Kenya | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 million | 117 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 6 million | 19 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 1 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 1 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 1 million | 4 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | – | 71 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 4 million | 18 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 1 million | 7 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 2 million | 17 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | – | 32 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | – | 30 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 5 million | 17 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | – | 1 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 4 million | 68 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 1 million | 35 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 5 million | 96 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 34 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 0 | 11 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 1 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 2 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 6 million | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 26 million | 15 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 4 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 61 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 30 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1 million | 14 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 1 million | 43 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 40 million | 47 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | 178 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 39 million | 26 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | 6 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 12 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 1 million | 17 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 1 million | 85 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 1 million | 144 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | 119 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 69 million | 56 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 45 million | 211 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 8 million | 58 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 18 million | 17 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 2 million | 25 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 24 million | 28 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 18 million | 2 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 5 million | 9 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 4 million | 26 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 1 million | 0 | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 0 | 3 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | 2 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 7 million | 2 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | 19 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 18 million | 15 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 0 | 6 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 2 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 33 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
Guinea vs Kenya
Health
- Life expectancyGuinea: 60.7 years in 2023Kenya: 63.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGuinea: 9.2 per 100 live births in 2024Kenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGuinea: 65.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Kenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionGuinea: 3.56% in 2017Kenya: 3.51% in 2017
- Suicide rateGuinea: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Kenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGuinea: 14.4 million people in 2023Kenya: 55.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthGuinea: 2.45% a year in 2023Kenya: 1.97% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGuinea: 4.22 births per woman in 2023Kenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGuinea: 38.5% in 2025Kenya: 32.2% in 2025
- Median ageGuinea: 18 years in 2023Kenya: 19.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGuinea: 3.4% in 2023Kenya: 2.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateGuinea: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Kenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGuinea: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Kenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGuinea: $586M in 2025Kenya: $1.36B in 2025
- Military spending per personGuinea: $40 in 2025Kenya: $26 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGuinea: 10.6% of government spending in 2025Kenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGuinea: 13,000 people in 2020Kenya: 24,000 people in 2020
- National powerGuinea: 0.07% of world capability in 2022Kenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGuinea: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Kenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020