Kenya vs Mali

Kenya vs Mali: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 117 million TIV in Kenya and 64 million TIV in Mali, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kenya, by 53 million TIV, or 1.83 times that in Mali.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Kenya vs Mali: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 117 million TIV in Kenya and 64 million TIV in Mali, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kenya, by 53 million TIV, or 1.83 times that in Mali.
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What the numbers say

  • Kenya has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Mali.
  • In 2025, Kenya ranked 43 and Mali ranked 52 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

YearKenyaMaliWorld
2025117 million64 million33.3 billion
202419 million25 million30.6 billion
2023–82 million29.5 billion
20221 million62 million33 billion
20214 million39 million26.8 billion
202071 million49 million23.4 billion
201918 million20 million26.9 billion
20187 million27 million27.3 billion
201717 million32 million31.2 billion
201632 million22 million31.4 billion
201530 million–28.7 billion
201417 million1 million27 billion
20131 million7 million27.4 billion
201268 million9 million27.9 billion
201135 million029.9 billion
201096 million–25.8 billion
200934 million10 million24 billion
2008–3 million24.1 billion
200711 million8 million26.5 billion
2006––24.4 billion
2005–13 million21.3 billion
2004––21.3 billion
2003–3 million19.2 billion
2002–1 million17.7 billion
2001––18.3 billion
200015 million7 million20.5 billion
1999––25.3 billion
1998–4 million27.9 billion
199761 million9 million28.9 billion
1996––23.7 billion
1995––22.9 billion
199430 million022.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
1992––24.3 billion
199114 million–27.8 billion
199043 million1 million28.6 billion
198947 million–31.7 billion
1988–2 million32.9 billion
1987178 million–36.2 billion
198626 million–35.5 billion
19856 million033.2 billion
198412 million13 million36.8 billion
198317 million15 million39.1 billion
198285 million4 million41.4 billion
1981144 million91 million42 billion
1980119 million–37.4 billion
197956 million–33.3 billion
1978211 million–39.2 billion
197758 million–37 billion
197617 million89 million33 billion
197525 million11 million34.2 billion
197428 million–32.9 billion
19732 million–32.6 billion
19729 million–28.7 billion
197126 million15 million29.3 billion
19700–22.1 billion
19693 million2 million24.7 billion
19682 million–22.4 billion
19672 million12 million22.1 billion
196619 million1 million22.4 billion
196515 million–23.1 billion
19646 million–24.2 billion
1963–4 million18.1 billion
1962–10 million15.5 billion
1961–3 million15 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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