Kenya vs Malawi

Kenya vs Malawi: Arms imports

Arms imports: 117 million TIV in Kenya in 2025 and 2 million TIV in Malawi in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Kenya, by 17 million TIV, or 9.5 times that in Malawi.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Kenya vs Malawi: Arms importsArms imports: 117 million TIV in Kenya in 2025 and 2 million TIV in Malawi in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Kenya, by 17 million TIV, or 9.5 times that in Malawi.
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What the numbers say

  • Kenya has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Malawi.
  • The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearKenyaMalawiWorld
2025117 million–33.3 billion
202419 million2 million30.6 billion
2023––29.5 billion
20221 million19 million33 billion
20214 million–26.8 billion
202071 million–23.4 billion
201918 million–26.9 billion
20187 million–27.3 billion
201717 million–31.2 billion
201632 million031.4 billion
201530 million3 million28.7 billion
201417 million2 million27 billion
20131 million3 million27.4 billion
201268 million1 million27.9 billion
201135 million–29.9 billion
201096 million–25.8 billion
200934 million–24 billion
2008–3 million24.1 billion
200711 million–26.5 billion
2006––24.4 billion
2005––21.3 billion
2004––21.3 billion
2003––19.2 billion
2002––17.7 billion
2001––18.3 billion
200015 million–20.5 billion
1999––25.3 billion
1998––27.9 billion
199761 million–28.9 billion
1996––23.7 billion
1995––22.9 billion
199430 million4 million22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
1992––24.3 billion
199114 million–27.8 billion
199043 million11 million28.6 billion
198947 million4 million31.7 billion
1988–2 million32.9 billion
1987178 million1 million36.2 billion
198626 million10 million35.5 billion
19856 million7 million33.2 billion
198412 million1 million36.8 billion
198317 million–39.1 billion
198285 million–41.4 billion
1981144 million14 million42 billion
1980119 million14 million37.4 billion
197956 million8 million33.3 billion
1978211 million7 million39.2 billion
197758 million6 million37 billion
197617 million2 million33 billion
197525 million–34.2 billion
197428 million–32.9 billion
19732 million–32.6 billion
19729 million028.7 billion
197126 million–29.3 billion
19700–22.1 billion
19693 million–24.7 billion
19682 million–22.4 billion
19672 million–22.1 billion
196619 million–22.4 billion
196515 million–23.1 billion
19646 million5 million24.2 billion
1963––18.1 billion
1962––15.5 billion
1961––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.

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