Kenya vs Rwanda

Kenya vs Rwanda: Arms imports

Arms imports: 117 million TIV in Kenya in 2025 and 37 million TIV in Rwanda in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Rwanda, by 16 million TIV, or 17 times that in Kenya.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Kenya vs Rwanda: Arms importsArms imports: 117 million TIV in Kenya in 2025 and 37 million TIV in Rwanda in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Rwanda, by 16 million TIV, or 17 times that in Kenya.
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What the numbers say

  • Rwanda has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Kenya.
  • The world as a whole: 33 billion TIV in 2022.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearKenyaRwandaWorld
2025117 million–33.3 billion
202419 million–30.6 billion
2023–37 million29.5 billion
20221 million17 million33 billion
20214 million65 million26.8 billion
202071 million–23.4 billion
201918 million1 million26.9 billion
20187 million3 million27.3 billion
201717 million8 million31.2 billion
201632 million–31.4 billion
201530 million29 million28.7 billion
201417 million15 million27 billion
20131 million15 million27.4 billion
201268 million5 million27.9 billion
201135 million–29.9 billion
201096 million–25.8 billion
200934 million11 million24 billion
2008–14 million24.1 billion
200711 million20 million26.5 billion
2006–3 million24.4 billion
2005––21.3 billion
2004––21.3 billion
2003––19.2 billion
2002––17.7 billion
2001––18.3 billion
200015 million15 million20.5 billion
1999–21 million25.3 billion
1998–9 million27.9 billion
199761 million3 million28.9 billion
1996–1 million23.7 billion
1995––22.9 billion
199430 million–22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
1992–5 million24.3 billion
199114 million5 million27.8 billion
199043 million3 million28.6 billion
198947 million3 million31.7 billion
1988–2 million32.9 billion
1987178 million–36.2 billion
198626 million2 million35.5 billion
19856 million3 million33.2 billion
198412 million6 million36.8 billion
198317 million4 million39.1 billion
198285 million–41.4 billion
1981144 million–42 billion
1980119 million–37.4 billion
197956 million–33.3 billion
1978211 million–39.2 billion
197758 million1 million37 billion
197617 million–33 billion
197525 million3 million34.2 billion
197428 million1 million32.9 billion
19732 million2 million32.6 billion
19729 million028.7 billion
197126 million029.3 billion
19700–22.1 billion
19693 million–24.7 billion
19682 million–22.4 billion
19672 million–22.1 billion
196619 million–22.4 billion
196515 million023.1 billion
19646 million024.2 billion
1963––18.1 billion
1962–11 million15.5 billion
1961––15 billion
1960––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.

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