Kenya vs Singapore: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 117 million TIV in Kenya and 57 million TIV in Singapore, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kenya, by 60 million TIV, or 2.05 times that in Singapore.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Kenya has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Singapore.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Kenya	Singapore	World
2025	117 million	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	19 million	378 million	30.6 billion
2023	–	495 million	29.5 billion
2022	1 million	516 million	33 billion
2021	4 million	226 million	26.8 billion
2020	71 million	176 million	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	487 million	26.9 billion
2018	7 million	562 million	27.3 billion
2017	17 million	408 million	31.2 billion
2016	32 million	642 million	31.4 billion
2015	30 million	152 million	28.7 billion
2014	17 million	66 million	27 billion
2013	1 million	753 million	27.4 billion
2012	68 million	746 million	27.9 billion
2011	35 million	879 million	29.9 billion
2010	96 million	937 million	25.8 billion
2009	34 million	1.4 billion	24 billion
2008	–	1.11 billion	24.1 billion
2007	11 million	396 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	74 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	538 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	374 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	79 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	229 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	246 million	18.3 billion
2000	15 million	782 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	302 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	798 million	27.9 billion
1997	61 million	613 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	159 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	302 million	22.9 billion
1994	30 million	179 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	170 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	115 million	24.3 billion
1991	14 million	373 million	27.8 billion
1990	43 million	513 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	231 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	541 million	32.9 billion
1987	178 million	302 million	36.2 billion
1986	26 million	84 million	35.5 billion
1985	6 million	123 million	33.2 billion
1984	12 million	83 million	36.8 billion
1983	17 million	242 million	39.1 billion
1982	85 million	171 million	41.4 billion
1981	144 million	167 million	42 billion
1980	119 million	371 million	37.4 billion
1979	56 million	313 million	33.3 billion
1978	211 million	50 million	39.2 billion
1977	58 million	171 million	37 billion
1976	17 million	252 million	33 billion
1975	25 million	253 million	34.2 billion
1974	28 million	282 million	32.9 billion
1973	2 million	89 million	32.6 billion
1972	9 million	181 million	28.7 billion
1971	26 million	171 million	29.3 billion
1970	0	92 million	22.1 billion
1969	3 million	139 million	24.7 billion
1968	2 million	6 million	22.4 billion
1967	2 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	19 million	8 million	22.4 billion
1965	15 million	1 million	23.1 billion
1964	6 million	–	24.2 billion
1963	–	–	18.1 billion
1962	–	–	15.5 billion
1961	–	–	15 billion
1960	–	–	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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