India vs Kenya: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 2.86 billion TIV in India and 117 million TIV in Kenya, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by 2.75 billion TIV, or 24 times that in Kenya.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

India has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1964.
In 2025, India ranked 2 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	India	Kenya	World
2025	2.86 billion	117 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.6 billion	19 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.54 billion	–	29.5 billion
2022	2.7 billion	1 million	33 billion
2021	3.96 billion	4 million	26.8 billion
2020	2.67 billion	71 million	23.4 billion
2019	3.2 billion	18 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.98 billion	7 million	27.3 billion
2017	2.68 billion	17 million	31.2 billion
2016	2.65 billion	32 million	31.4 billion
2015	2.73 billion	30 million	28.7 billion
2014	3.28 billion	17 million	27 billion
2013	5.3 billion	1 million	27.4 billion
2012	4.51 billion	68 million	27.9 billion
2011	3.63 billion	35 million	29.9 billion
2010	2.9 billion	96 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.96 billion	34 million	24 billion
2008	1.64 billion	–	24.1 billion
2007	2.3 billion	11 million	26.5 billion
2006	1.49 billion	–	24.4 billion
2005	1.2 billion	–	21.3 billion
2004	2.25 billion	–	21.3 billion
2003	2.8 billion	–	19.2 billion
2002	1.9 billion	–	17.7 billion
2001	1.05 billion	–	18.3 billion
2000	988 million	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.22 billion	–	25.3 billion
1998	797 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	1.68 billion	61 million	28.9 billion
1996	831 million	–	23.7 billion
1995	1.36 billion	–	22.9 billion
1994	873 million	30 million	22.8 billion
1993	737 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	1.19 billion	–	24.3 billion
1991	1.88 billion	14 million	27.8 billion
1990	2.83 billion	43 million	28.6 billion
1989	3.68 billion	47 million	31.7 billion
1988	3.85 billion	–	32.9 billion
1987	3.92 billion	178 million	36.2 billion
1986	4.24 billion	26 million	35.5 billion
1985	3 billion	6 million	33.2 billion
1984	2.43 billion	12 million	36.8 billion
1983	2.64 billion	17 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.65 billion	85 million	41.4 billion
1981	2.12 billion	144 million	42 billion
1980	1.77 billion	119 million	37.4 billion
1979	1.2 billion	56 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.2 billion	211 million	39.2 billion
1977	2.38 billion	58 million	37 billion
1976	1.94 billion	17 million	33 billion
1975	1.53 billion	25 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.33 billion	28 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.51 billion	2 million	32.6 billion
1972	2.09 billion	9 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.02 billion	26 million	29.3 billion
1970	963 million	0	22.1 billion
1969	1.37 billion	3 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.37 billion	2 million	22.4 billion
1967	1.13 billion	2 million	22.1 billion
1966	961 million	19 million	22.4 billion
1965	1 billion	15 million	23.1 billion
1964	794 million	6 million	24.2 billion
1963	695 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	402 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	1.15 billion	–	15 billion
1960	544 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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