Kenya vs Poland
Kenya vs Poland: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 117 million TIV in Kenya and 2.17 billion TIV in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 2.05 billion TIV, or 19 times that in Kenya.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Poland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1964.
- In 2025, Kenya ranked 43 and Poland ranked 4 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 | Poland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 117 million | 2.17 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 19 million | 1.54 billion | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | – | 1.39 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1 million | 414 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 4 million | 68 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 71 million | 153 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 18 million | 213 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 7 million | 50 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 17 million | 126 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 32 million | 45 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 30 million | 127 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 17 million | 275 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 1 million | 146 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 68 million | 227 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 35 million | 141 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 96 million | 174 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 34 million | 193 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | 633 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 11 million | 969 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 442 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | 105 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | 223 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 347 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 253 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 31 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 15 million | 146 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 23 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 61 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 101 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 250 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 30 million | 74 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | 4 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 100 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 14 million | 76 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 43 million | 226 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 47 million | 501 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | 903 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 178 million | 1.04 billion | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 26 million | 1.39 billion | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 6 million | 925 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 12 million | 466 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 17 million | 536 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 85 million | 709 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 144 million | 804 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 119 million | 1.12 billion | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 56 million | 1.19 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 211 million | 1.19 billion | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 58 million | 1.02 billion | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 17 million | 1.1 billion | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 25 million | 887 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 28 million | 1.06 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 2 million | 1.11 billion | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 9 million | 958 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 26 million | 1.01 billion | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 0 | 859 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 3 million | 992 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 2 million | 927 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 2 million | 781 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 19 million | 1 billion | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 15 million | 1.16 billion | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 6 million | 1.57 billion | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 1.02 billion | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 685 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 864 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 889 million | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Kenya vs Poland
Health
- Life expectancyKenya: 63.7 years in 2023Poland: 78.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024Poland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Poland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionKenya: 3.51% in 2017Poland: 2.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateKenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Poland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKenya: 55.3 million people in 2023Poland: 38.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthKenya: 1.97% a year in 2023Poland: -0.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023Poland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKenya: 32.2% in 2025Poland: 60.1% in 2025
- Median ageKenya: 19.5 years in 2023Poland: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKenya: 2.9% in 2023Poland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateKenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Poland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025Poland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsKenya: $1.36B in 2025Poland: $42.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personKenya: $26 in 2025Poland: $1,219 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025Poland: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelKenya: 24,000 people in 2020Poland: 189,000 people in 2020
- National powerKenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Poland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020Poland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsKenya: 2 million TIV in 1993Poland: 59 million TIV in 2025