Israel vs Kenya

Israel vs Kenya: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 7.81% of GDP in Israel and 1.07% of GDP in Kenya, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 6.74 percentage points, or 7.31 times that in Kenya.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Israel vs Kenya: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 7.81% of GDP in Israel and 1.07% of GDP in Kenya, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 6.74 percentage points, or 7.31 times that in Kenya.
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What the numbers say

  • Israel has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1963.
  • In 2025, Israel ranked 3 and Kenya ranked 105 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearIsraelKenya
20257.811.07
20248.471.04
20235.280.98
20224.341.01
20214.811.08
20205.121.11
20194.961.11
20185.131.21
20175.271.24
20165.171.25
20155.281.2
20145.461.2
20135.281.4
20125.311.49
20115.431.38
20105.711.37
20095.921.37
20086.181.62
20076.091.55
20065.811.46
20055.981.69
20046.121.61
20036.21.65
20026.321.63
20016.211.51
20006.021.31
19996.221.19
19986.621.22
19977.081.34
19967.281.42
19957.431.65
199410.121.64
199311.521.84
199210.931.9
199115.592.35
199012.362.89
198912.452.74
198815.952.95
198716.93.13
198614.772.5
198516.62.38
198416.183.48
198315.554.2
198218.394.57
198120.264.23
198018.924.52
197919.385.5
197822.895.2
197723.093.74
197629.252.49
197530.461.88
197427.661.78
197327.861.66
197220.371.54
197122.81.23
197023.451.06
196919.091.08
196817.431.22
196715.441.31
19669.441.13
19658.570.99
19648.990.59
19639.750.21
19629.16–
19617.87–
19607.46–
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Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
  • Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
  • Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
  • Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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