Kenya vs Nigeria: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 117 million TIV in Kenya and 21 million TIV in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kenya, by 96 million TIV, or 5.57 times that in Nigeria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Kenya has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Nigeria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Kenya	Nigeria	World
2025	117 million	21 million	33.3 billion
2024	19 million	93 million	30.6 billion
2023	–	93 million	29.5 billion
2022	1 million	53 million	33 billion
2021	4 million	273 million	26.8 billion
2020	71 million	84 million	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	18 million	26.9 billion
2018	7 million	49 million	27.3 billion
2017	17 million	42 million	31.2 billion
2016	32 million	61 million	31.4 billion
2015	30 million	188 million	28.7 billion
2014	17 million	236 million	27 billion
2013	1 million	30 million	27.4 billion
2012	68 million	28 million	27.9 billion
2011	35 million	63 million	29.9 billion
2010	96 million	223 million	25.8 billion
2009	34 million	65 million	24 billion
2008	–	33 million	24.1 billion
2007	11 million	62 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	16 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	–	21.3 billion
2004	–	11 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	6 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	9 million	18.3 billion
2000	15 million	36 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	–	25.3 billion
1998	–	–	27.9 billion
1997	61 million	1 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	15 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	2 million	22.9 billion
1994	30 million	95 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	41 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	59 million	24.3 billion
1991	14 million	4 million	27.8 billion
1990	43 million	18 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	15 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	62 million	32.9 billion
1987	178 million	115 million	36.2 billion
1986	26 million	211 million	35.5 billion
1985	6 million	569 million	33.2 billion
1984	12 million	359 million	36.8 billion
1983	17 million	41 million	39.1 billion
1982	85 million	642 million	41.4 billion
1981	144 million	331 million	42 billion
1980	119 million	474 million	37.4 billion
1979	56 million	108 million	33.3 billion
1978	211 million	142 million	39.2 billion
1977	58 million	90 million	37 billion
1976	17 million	104 million	33 billion
1975	25 million	424 million	34.2 billion
1974	28 million	24 million	32.9 billion
1973	2 million	7 million	32.6 billion
1972	9 million	113 million	28.7 billion
1971	26 million	12 million	29.3 billion
1970	0	14 million	22.1 billion
1969	3 million	39 million	24.7 billion
1968	2 million	50 million	22.4 billion
1967	2 million	47 million	22.1 billion
1966	19 million	159 million	22.4 billion
1965	15 million	56 million	23.1 billion
1964	6 million	2 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	9 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	8 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	1 million	15 billion
1960	–	–	15.7 billion

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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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