Kenya vs Saudi Arabia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 117 million TIV in Kenya and 3.04 billion TIV in Saudi Arabia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 2.93 billion TIV, or 26 times that in Kenya.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Saudi Arabia has been higher since 1972, when it overtook Kenya.
In 2025, Kenya ranked 43 and Saudi Arabia ranked 1 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	Saudi Arabia	World
2025	117 million	3.04 billion	33.3 billion
2024	19 million	1.24 billion	30.6 billion
2023	–	1.33 billion	29.5 billion
2022	1 million	3.05 billion	33 billion
2021	4 million	1.75 billion	26.8 billion
2020	71 million	2.24 billion	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	3.03 billion	26.9 billion
2018	7 million	2.94 billion	27.3 billion
2017	17 million	3.85 billion	31.2 billion
2016	32 million	2.91 billion	31.4 billion
2015	30 million	3.47 billion	28.7 billion
2014	17 million	2.72 billion	27 billion
2013	1 million	1.69 billion	27.4 billion
2012	68 million	835 million	27.9 billion
2011	35 million	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	96 million	1.11 billion	25.8 billion
2009	34 million	828 million	24 billion
2008	–	389 million	24.1 billion
2007	11 million	229 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	207 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	166 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	1.16 billion	21.3 billion
2003	–	158 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	559 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	59 million	18.3 billion
2000	15 million	104 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	1.58 billion	25.3 billion
1998	–	2.89 billion	27.9 billion
1997	61 million	2.79 billion	28.9 billion
1996	–	1.73 billion	23.7 billion
1995	–	985 million	22.9 billion
1994	30 million	981 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	2.35 billion	25.8 billion
1992	–	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	14 million	1.04 billion	27.8 billion
1990	43 million	2.04 billion	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	1.38 billion	31.7 billion
1988	–	784 million	32.9 billion
1987	178 million	2.01 billion	36.2 billion
1986	26 million	2.84 billion	35.5 billion
1985	6 million	1.31 billion	33.2 billion
1984	12 million	824 million	36.8 billion
1983	17 million	1.82 billion	39.1 billion
1982	85 million	2.22 billion	41.4 billion
1981	144 million	1.82 billion	42 billion
1980	119 million	1.09 billion	37.4 billion
1979	56 million	767 million	33.3 billion
1978	211 million	1.01 billion	39.2 billion
1977	58 million	1.02 billion	37 billion
1976	17 million	702 million	33 billion
1975	25 million	372 million	34.2 billion
1974	28 million	547 million	32.9 billion
1973	2 million	202 million	32.6 billion
1972	9 million	130 million	28.7 billion
1971	26 million	10 million	29.3 billion
1970	0	87 million	22.1 billion
1969	3 million	416 million	24.7 billion
1968	2 million	448 million	22.4 billion
1967	2 million	222 million	22.1 billion
1966	19 million	227 million	22.4 billion
1965	15 million	48 million	23.1 billion
1964	6 million	5 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	–	18.1 billion
1962	–	22 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	8 million	15 billion
1960	–	6 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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