Kenya vs Nigeria
Kenya vs Nigeria: Arms exports
Arms exports: 2 million TIV in Kenya in 1993 and 4 million TIV in Nigeria in 2022, by SIPRI estimates.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Kenya | Nigeria | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | – | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 4 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 3 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | – | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 0 | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 2 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 2 million | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 3 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 2 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 8 million | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- 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 Nigeria
Health
- Life expectancyKenya: 63.7 years in 2023Nigeria: 54.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024Nigeria: 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Nigeria: 69.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionKenya: 3.51% in 2017Nigeria: 3.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateKenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Nigeria: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKenya: 55.3 million people in 2023Nigeria: 228 million people in 2023
- Population growthKenya: 1.97% a year in 2023Nigeria: 2.1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023Nigeria: 4.48 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKenya: 32.2% in 2025Nigeria: 63.8% in 2025
- Median ageKenya: 19.5 years in 2023Nigeria: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKenya: 2.9% in 2023Nigeria: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateKenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Nigeria: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025Nigeria: 0.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsKenya: $1.36B in 2025Nigeria: $1.76B in 2025
- Military spending per personKenya: $26 in 2025Nigeria: $9 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025Nigeria: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelKenya: 24,000 people in 2020Nigeria: 223,000 people in 2020
- National powerKenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Nigeria: 1.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020Nigeria: 0.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsKenya: 117 million TIV in 2025Nigeria: 21 million TIV in 2025