Côte d’Ivoire vs Kenya

Côte d’Ivoire vs Kenya: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 0.77% of GDP in Côte d’Ivoire and 1.07% of GDP in Kenya, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kenya, by 0.29 percentage points, or 1.38 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Côte d’Ivoire vs Kenya: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 0.77% of GDP in Côte d’Ivoire and 1.07% of GDP in Kenya, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kenya, by 0.29 percentage points, or 1.38 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.
Côte d’IvoireKenyaSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Kenya has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Côte d’Ivoire.
  • In 2025, Côte d’Ivoire ranked 126 and Kenya ranked 105 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearCôte d’IvoireKenya
20250.771.07
20240.761.04
20230.860.98
20220.871.01
20210.881.08
20200.961.11
20190.891.11
20181.041.21
20170.971.24
20161.251.25
20151.241.2
20141.071.2
201311.4
20121.11.49
20111.011.38
20101.131.37
20091.251.37
20081.11.62
20071.151.55
20061.091.46
20051.061.69
20041.11.61
20031.011.65
2002–1.63
2001–1.51
2000–1.31
1999–1.19
1998–1.22
19970.581.34
19960.611.42
1995–1.65
19940.731.64
19930.971.84
19921.021.9
19910.992.35
19900.962.89
19891.332.74
19881.252.95
19871.223.13
19861.052.5
198512.38
19841.033.48
19831.124.2
19821.144.57
19811.094.23
19801.164.52
19791.125.5
19781.15.2
19770.793.74
19761.122.49
19751.181.88
19741.341.78
19731.131.66
19721.71.54
19711.51.23
19701.181.06
19691.151.08
19681.161.22
19671.311.31
19661.261.13
19651.320.99
19641.140.59
196310.21
19621.28–
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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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