Kenya vs Senegal
Kenya vs Senegal: Arms imports
Arms imports: 117 million TIV in Kenya in 2025 and 79 million TIV in Senegal in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Senegal, by 60 million TIV, or 4.16 times that in Kenya.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Senegal has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Kenya.
- The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Kenya | Senegal | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 117 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 19 million | 79 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | – | 172 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1 million | 28 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 4 million | 21 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 71 million | 22 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 18 million | 40 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 7 million | 15 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 17 million | 48 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 32 million | 40 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 30 million | 24 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 17 million | 9 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 1 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 68 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 35 million | 16 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 96 million | 4 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 34 million | 6 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | 6 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 11 million | 12 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 15 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | 16 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 15 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 61 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 6 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 30 million | 1 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 14 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 43 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 47 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 178 million | 18 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 26 million | 14 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 6 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 12 million | 4 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 17 million | 38 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 85 million | 7 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 144 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 119 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 56 million | 29 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 211 million | 20 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 58 million | 41 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 17 million | 15 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 25 million | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 28 million | 17 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 2 million | 1 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 9 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 26 million | 12 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 3 million | 38 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 2 million | 1 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 2 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 19 million | 2 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 15 million | 0 | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 6 million | 4 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 0 | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 8 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 0 | 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 Senegal
Health
- Life expectancyKenya: 63.7 years in 2023Senegal: 68.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024Senegal: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Senegal: 24.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionKenya: 3.51% in 2017Senegal: 3.37% in 2017
- Suicide rateKenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Senegal: 12.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKenya: 55.3 million people in 2023Senegal: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthKenya: 1.97% a year in 2023Senegal: 2.33% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023Senegal: 3.82 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKenya: 32.2% in 2025Senegal: 55.8% in 2025
- Median ageKenya: 19.5 years in 2023Senegal: 19.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKenya: 2.9% in 2023Senegal: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateKenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Senegal: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025Senegal: 1.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsKenya: $1.36B in 2025Senegal: $533M in 2025
- Military spending per personKenya: $26 in 2025Senegal: $30 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025Senegal: 5.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelKenya: 24,000 people in 2020Senegal: 19,000 people in 2020
- National powerKenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Senegal: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020Senegal: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsKenya: 2 million TIV in 1993Senegal: 3 million TIV in 1976