Israel vs Kenya
Israel vs Kenya: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 537 million TIV in Israel and 117 million TIV in Kenya, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 420 million TIV, or 4.59 times that in Kenya.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Kenya.
- In 2025, Israel ranked 20 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 | Israel | Kenya | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 537 million | 117 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 237 million | 19 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 863 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 833 million | 1 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 458 million | 4 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 379 million | 71 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 516 million | 18 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 491 million | 7 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 565 million | 17 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 652 million | 32 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 694 million | 30 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 549 million | 17 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 160 million | 1 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 137 million | 68 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 86 million | 35 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 76 million | 96 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 162 million | 34 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 680 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 840 million | 11 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 1.13 billion | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 1.1 billion | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 846 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 189 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 350 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 116 million | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 389 million | 15 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 1.28 billion | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 1.3 billion | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 67 million | 61 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 105 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 372 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 767 million | 30 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 716 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 1.34 billion | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1.21 billion | 14 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 81 million | 43 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 24 million | 47 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 582 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 1.08 billion | 178 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 1.18 billion | 26 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 295 million | 6 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 270 million | 12 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 475 million | 17 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 866 million | 85 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 1.66 billion | 144 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 1.25 billion | 119 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 709 million | 56 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 1.22 billion | 211 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 1.23 billion | 58 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 2 billion | 17 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 1.18 billion | 25 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.03 billion | 28 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 2.18 billion | 2 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 963 million | 9 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 1.41 billion | 26 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 1.19 billion | 0 | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 1.37 billion | 3 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 926 million | 2 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 229 million | 2 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 460 million | 19 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 447 million | 15 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 415 million | 6 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 368 million | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 279 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 88 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 164 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
Israel vs Kenya
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023Kenya: 63.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIsrael: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Kenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Kenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017Kenya: 3.51% in 2017
- Suicide rateIsrael: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Kenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023Kenya: 55.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023Kenya: 1.97% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023Kenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025Kenya: 32.2% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023Kenya: 19.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023Kenya: 2.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateIsrael: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Kenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIsrael: 7.81% of GDP in 2025Kenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIsrael: $43.7B in 2025Kenya: $1.36B in 2025
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025Kenya: $26 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIsrael: 17.8% of government spending in 2025Kenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIsrael: 178,000 people in 2020Kenya: 24,000 people in 2020
- National powerIsrael: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Kenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIsrael: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020Kenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsIsrael: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025Kenya: 2 million TIV in 1993