Kenya vs Mozambique
Kenya vs Mozambique: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 117 million TIV in Kenya and 14 million TIV in Mozambique, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kenya, by 103 million TIV, or 8.36 times that in Mozambique.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Kenya has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Mozambique.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Kenya | Mozambique | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 117 million | 14 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 19 million | 1 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | – | 3 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1 million | 5 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 4 million | 19 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 71 million | 1 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 18 million | 22 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 7 million | 3 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 17 million | – | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 32 million | 46 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 30 million | 5 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 17 million | 16 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 1 million | 9 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 68 million | 0 | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 35 million | 0 | 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 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 1 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 15 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 2 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 61 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 30 million | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 14 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 43 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 47 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 178 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 26 million | 6 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 6 million | 73 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 12 million | 94 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 17 million | 59 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 85 million | 64 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 144 million | 60 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 119 million | 52 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 56 million | 111 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 211 million | 494 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 58 million | 152 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 17 million | 34 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 25 million | 28 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 28 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 2 million | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 9 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 26 million | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 3 million | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 2 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 2 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 19 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 15 million | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 6 million | – | 24.2 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Kenya vs Mozambique
Health
- Life expectancyKenya: 63.7 years in 2023Mozambique: 63.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024Mozambique: 5.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mozambique: 49.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionKenya: 3.51% in 2017Mozambique: 3.9% in 2017
- Suicide rateKenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Mozambique: 17.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKenya: 55.3 million people in 2023Mozambique: 33.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthKenya: 1.97% a year in 2023Mozambique: 2.94% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023Mozambique: 4.76 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKenya: 32.2% in 2025Mozambique: 37.2% in 2025
- Median ageKenya: 19.5 years in 2023Mozambique: 16.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKenya: 2.9% in 2023Mozambique: 2.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateKenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Mozambique: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025Mozambique: 1.87% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsKenya: $1.36B in 2025Mozambique: $446M in 2025
- Military spending per personKenya: $26 in 2025Mozambique: $13 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025Mozambique: 6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelKenya: 24,000 people in 2020Mozambique: 11,000 people in 2020
- National powerKenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Mozambique: 0.13% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020Mozambique: 0.08% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsKenya: 2 million TIV in 1993Mozambique: 1 million TIV in 1977