Côte d’Ivoire vs Kenya
Côte d’Ivoire vs Kenya: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 15 million TIV in Côte d’Ivoire and 117 million TIV in Kenya, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kenya, by 102 million TIV, or 7.8 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Kenya has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Côte d’Ivoire.
- In 2025, Côte d’Ivoire ranked 76 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 | Côte d’Ivoire | Kenya | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 million | 117 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 7 million | 19 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 70 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 22 million | 1 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 7 million | 4 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 3 million | 71 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 15 million | 18 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 10 million | 7 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 14 million | 17 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 5 million | 32 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 5 million | 30 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 6 million | 17 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | – | 1 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 68 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 35 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 96 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 34 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 11 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 9 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 61 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 32 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 0 | 15 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 2 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 0 | 61 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 2 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 30 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 14 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | 43 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 2 million | 47 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | 178 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | 26 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | 6 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 9 million | 12 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | 17 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | 85 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 19 million | 144 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 56 million | 119 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 38 million | 56 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 15 million | 211 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 22 million | 58 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | 17 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 25 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 18 million | 28 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | 2 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 1 million | 9 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 17 million | 26 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 7 million | 0 | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 2 million | 3 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 26 million | 2 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 3 million | 2 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 2 million | 19 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | 15 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 6 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 1 million | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 1 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 3 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 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
Côte d’Ivoire vs Kenya
Health
- Life expectancyCôte d’Ivoire: 61.9 years in 2023Kenya: 63.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCôte d’Ivoire: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024Kenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCôte d’Ivoire: 51.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Kenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCôte d’Ivoire: 3.34% in 2017Kenya: 3.51% in 2017
- Suicide rateCôte d’Ivoire: 13.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Kenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCôte d’Ivoire: 31.2 million people in 2023Kenya: 55.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthCôte d’Ivoire: 2.45% a year in 2023Kenya: 1.97% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCôte d’Ivoire: 4.28 births per woman in 2023Kenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCôte d’Ivoire: 54.6% in 2025Kenya: 32.2% in 2025
- Median ageCôte d’Ivoire: 18.1 years in 2023Kenya: 19.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCôte d’Ivoire: 2.6% in 2023Kenya: 2.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateCôte d’Ivoire: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Kenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCôte d’Ivoire: 0.77% of GDP in 2025Kenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCôte d’Ivoire: $721M in 2025Kenya: $1.36B in 2025
- Military spending per personCôte d’Ivoire: $24 in 2025Kenya: $26 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCôte d’Ivoire: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Kenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCôte d’Ivoire: 27,000 people in 2020Kenya: 24,000 people in 2020
- National powerCôte d’Ivoire: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Kenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCôte d’Ivoire: 0.25% of the labour force in 2020Kenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsCôte d’Ivoire: 1 million TIV in 1971Kenya: 2 million TIV in 1993