Kenya vs Pakistan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 117 million TIV in Kenya and 706 million TIV in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 589 million TIV, or 6.03 times that in Kenya.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Pakistan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1964.
In 2025, Kenya ranked 43 and Pakistan ranked 14 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

Year	Kenya	Pakistan	World
2025	117 million	706 million	33.3 billion
2024	19 million	1.07 billion	30.6 billion
2023	–	2.2 billion	29.5 billion
2022	1 million	1.53 billion	33 billion
2021	4 million	984 million	26.8 billion
2020	71 million	624 million	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	654 million	26.9 billion
2018	7 million	893 million	27.3 billion
2017	17 million	870 million	31.2 billion
2016	32 million	872 million	31.4 billion
2015	30 million	771 million	28.7 billion
2014	17 million	877 million	27 billion
2013	1 million	1.11 billion	27.4 billion
2012	68 million	1.02 billion	27.9 billion
2011	35 million	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	96 million	2.23 billion	25.8 billion
2009	34 million	1.2 billion	24 billion
2008	–	1.07 billion	24.1 billion
2007	11 million	693 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	324 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	427 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	471 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	645 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	566 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	412 million	18.3 billion
2000	15 million	175 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	867 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	699 million	27.9 billion
1997	61 million	691 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	506 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	368 million	22.9 billion
1994	30 million	862 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	992 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	352 million	24.3 billion
1991	14 million	511 million	27.8 billion
1990	43 million	635 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	974 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	412 million	32.9 billion
1987	178 million	617 million	36.2 billion
1986	26 million	280 million	35.5 billion
1985	6 million	751 million	33.2 billion
1984	12 million	863 million	36.8 billion
1983	17 million	784 million	39.1 billion
1982	85 million	544 million	41.4 billion
1981	144 million	491 million	42 billion
1980	119 million	900 million	37.4 billion
1979	56 million	697 million	33.3 billion
1978	211 million	655 million	39.2 billion
1977	58 million	271 million	37 billion
1976	17 million	276 million	33 billion
1975	25 million	223 million	34.2 billion
1974	28 million	225 million	32.9 billion
1973	2 million	177 million	32.6 billion
1972	9 million	664 million	28.7 billion
1971	26 million	553 million	29.3 billion
1970	0	422 million	22.1 billion
1969	3 million	542 million	24.7 billion
1968	2 million	415 million	22.4 billion
1967	2 million	151 million	22.1 billion
1966	19 million	592 million	22.4 billion
1965	15 million	222 million	23.1 billion
1964	6 million	96 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	225 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	84 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	41 million	15 billion
1960	–	46 million	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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