Kenya vs Philippines: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 117 million TIV in Kenya and 846 million TIV in Philippines, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Philippines, by 729 million TIV, or 7.23 times that in Kenya.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Philippines has been higher since 2015, when it overtook Kenya.
In 2025, Kenya ranked 43 and Philippines ranked 10 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	Philippines	World
2025	117 million	846 million	33.3 billion
2024	19 million	305 million	30.6 billion
2023	–	108 million	29.5 billion
2022	1 million	280 million	33 billion
2021	4 million	365 million	26.8 billion
2020	71 million	385 million	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	191 million	26.9 billion
2018	7 million	17 million	27.3 billion
2017	17 million	278 million	31.2 billion
2016	32 million	228 million	31.4 billion
2015	30 million	153 million	28.7 billion
2014	17 million	12 million	27 billion
2013	1 million	83 million	27.4 billion
2012	68 million	21 million	27.9 billion
2011	35 million	63 million	29.9 billion
2010	96 million	3 million	25.8 billion
2009	34 million	1 million	24 billion
2008	–	10 million	24.1 billion
2007	11 million	16 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	23 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	12 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	34 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	10 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	5 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	10 million	18.3 billion
2000	15 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	–	–	25.3 billion
1998	–	64 million	27.9 billion
1997	61 million	72 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	43 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	30 million	22.9 billion
1994	30 million	72 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	62 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	43 million	24.3 billion
1991	14 million	34 million	27.8 billion
1990	43 million	33 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	19 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	12 million	32.9 billion
1987	178 million	26 million	36.2 billion
1986	26 million	–	35.5 billion
1985	6 million	23 million	33.2 billion
1984	12 million	38 million	36.8 billion
1983	17 million	116 million	39.1 billion
1982	85 million	17 million	41.4 billion
1981	144 million	39 million	42 billion
1980	119 million	75 million	37.4 billion
1979	56 million	92 million	33.3 billion
1978	211 million	143 million	39.2 billion
1977	58 million	198 million	37 billion
1976	17 million	256 million	33 billion
1975	25 million	133 million	34.2 billion
1974	28 million	60 million	32.9 billion
1973	2 million	106 million	32.6 billion
1972	9 million	50 million	28.7 billion
1971	26 million	90 million	29.3 billion
1970	0	9 million	22.1 billion
1969	3 million	26 million	24.7 billion
1968	2 million	16 million	22.4 billion
1967	2 million	43 million	22.1 billion
1966	19 million	86 million	22.4 billion
1965	15 million	99 million	23.1 billion
1964	6 million	2 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	4 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	11 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	44 million	15 billion
1960	–	50 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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