Kenya vs Philippines

Kenya vs Philippines: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 1.07% of GDP in Kenya and 1.3% of GDP in Philippines, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Philippines, by 0.23 percentage points, or 1.21 times that in Kenya.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Kenya vs Philippines: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 1.07% of GDP in Kenya and 1.3% of GDP in Philippines, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Philippines, by 0.23 percentage points, or 1.21 times that in Kenya.
KenyaPhilippinesSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Philippines has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Kenya.
  • In 2025, Kenya ranked 105 and Philippines ranked 96 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearKenyaPhilippines
20251.071.3
20241.041.19
20230.981.18
20221.011.32
20211.081.41
20201.111.3
20191.111.13
20181.211.18
20171.241.17
20161.251.05
20151.21.09
20141.21.04
20131.41.19
20121.491.11
20111.381.15
20101.371.17
20091.371.2
20081.621.25
20071.551.29
20061.461.26
20051.691.28
20041.611.36
20031.651.55
20021.631.47
20011.511.47
20001.311.61
19991.191.62
19981.221.7
19971.341.91
19961.422.27
19951.652.29
19941.642.17
19931.842.16
19921.92.04
19912.352.01
19902.892.15
19892.742.24
19882.952.46
19873.131.97
19862.51.99
19852.381.98
19843.481.64
19834.22.41
19824.572.6
19814.232.76
19804.522.71
19795.52.97
19785.22.58
19773.743.62
19762.493.93
19751.88–
19741.783.56
19731.662.81
19721.542.34
19711.232.07
19701.062.16
19691.082.09
19681.221.87
19671.311.74
19661.131.65
19650.991.55
19640.591.71
19630.211.86
1962–1.81
1961–1.7
1960–1.78
1959–1.84
1958–1.96
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Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
  • Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
  • Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
  • Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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