Kenya vs Saudi Arabia
Kenya vs Saudi Arabia: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $1.36B in Kenya and $81.5B in Saudi Arabia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by $80.1B, or 60 times that in Kenya.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Saudi Arabia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1963.
- In 2025, Kenya ranked 73 and Saudi Arabia ranked 7 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Kenya | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.36B | $81.5B |
| 2024 | $1.26B | $80.3B |
| 2023 | $1.14B | $79.1B |
| 2022 | $1.14B | $73.8B |
| 2021 | $1.16B | $67.4B |
| 2020 | $1.13B | $71B |
| 2019 | $1.15B | $74.3B |
| 2018 | $1.19B | $83.8B |
| 2017 | $1.16B | $81B |
| 2016 | $1.13B | $72.6B |
| 2015 | $1.05B | $102B |
| 2014 | $976M | $95.2B |
| 2013 | $1.07B | $80.7B |
| 2012 | $1.09B | $70.5B |
| 2011 | $962M | $62.3B |
| 2010 | $941M | $61.4B |
| 2009 | $887M | $59B |
| 2008 | $870M | $57.4B |
| 2007 | $911M | $58.5B |
| 2006 | $814M | $50.8B |
| 2005 | $823M | $44.6B |
| 2004 | $780M | $36.9B |
| 2003 | $791M | $33.3B |
| 2002 | $783M | $33B |
| 2001 | $728M | $37.6B |
| 2000 | $632M | $35.3B |
| 1999 | $589M | $32.1B |
| 1998 | $605M | $36B |
| 1997 | $642M | $31.2B |
| 1996 | $676M | $23B |
| 1995 | $578M | $23B |
| 1994 | $504M | $26.1B |
| 1993 | $605M | $30.2B |
| 1992 | $724M | $28.5B |
| 1991 | $968M | $30.4B |
| 1990 | $1.24B | $31.8B |
| 1989 | $1.22B | $25.3B |
| 1988 | $1.31B | $26.8B |
| 1987 | $1.36B | $29.3B |
| 1986 | $1.06B | – |
| 1985 | $884M | $32.9B |
| 1984 | $1.05B | $39.9B |
| 1983 | $1.28B | $37.1B |
| 1982 | $1.36B | $45.7B |
| 1981 | $1.35B | $41B |
| 1980 | $1.39B | $35.2B |
| 1979 | $1.71B | $31.5B |
| 1978 | $1.57B | $24.5B |
| 1977 | $1.21B | $21.6B |
| 1976 | $723M | – |
| 1975 | $504M | – |
| 1974 | $505M | – |
| 1973 | $467M | $7.36B |
| 1972 | $414M | $5.7B |
| 1971 | $325M | $4.06B |
| 1970 | $260M | $3.42B |
| 1969 | $246M | $3.12B |
| 1968 | $255M | $2.55B |
| 1967 | $250M | $2.57B |
| 1966 | $208M | $2.34B |
| 1965 | $165M | $1.41B |
| 1964 | $102M | $982M |
| 1963 | $32.2M | $929M |
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Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Kenya vs Saudi Arabia
Health
- Life expectancyKenya: 63.7 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 78.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024Saudi Arabia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Saudi Arabia: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionKenya: 3.51% in 2017Saudi Arabia: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateKenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Saudi Arabia: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKenya: 55.3 million people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 33.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthKenya: 1.97% a year in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.39% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKenya: 32.2% in 2025Saudi Arabia: 84.6% in 2025
- Median ageKenya: 19.5 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 29.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKenya: 2.9% in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateKenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 9.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025Saudi Arabia: 6.48% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personKenya: $26 in 2025Saudi Arabia: $2,428 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025Saudi Arabia: 23.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelKenya: 24,000 people in 2020Saudi Arabia: 282,000 people in 2020
- National powerKenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Saudi Arabia: 1.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020Saudi Arabia: 1.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsKenya: 117 million TIV in 2025Saudi Arabia: 3.04 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsKenya: 2 million TIV in 1993Saudi Arabia: 3 million TIV in 2023