Kenya vs Singapore
Kenya vs Singapore: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $1.36B in Kenya and $16.9B in Singapore, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by $15.5B, or 12 times that in Kenya.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Singapore has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2025, Kenya ranked 73 and Singapore ranked 23 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Kenya | Singapore |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.36B | $16.9B |
| 2024 | $1.26B | $15.3B |
| 2023 | $1.14B | $14.4B |
| 2022 | $1.14B | $13.3B |
| 2021 | $1.16B | $12.6B |
| 2020 | $1.13B | $11.8B |
| 2019 | $1.15B | $12.4B |
| 2018 | $1.19B | $12.5B |
| 2017 | $1.16B | $12.4B |
| 2016 | $1.13B | $12.1B |
| 2015 | $1.05B | $11.4B |
| 2014 | $976M | $10.6B |
| 2013 | $1.07B | $10.3B |
| 2012 | $1.09B | $10.4B |
| 2011 | $962M | $10.6B |
| 2010 | $941M | $11B |
| 2009 | $887M | $11.2B |
| 2008 | $870M | $10.9B |
| 2007 | $911M | $10.8B |
| 2006 | $814M | $10.4B |
| 2005 | $823M | $10.3B |
| 2004 | $780M | $9.7B |
| 2003 | $791M | $9.52B |
| 2002 | $783M | $9.43B |
| 2001 | $728M | $8.94B |
| 2000 | $632M | $8.73B |
| 1999 | $589M | $9.03B |
| 1998 | $605M | $8.86B |
| 1997 | $642M | $7.83B |
| 1996 | $676M | $6.98B |
| 1995 | $578M | $6.37B |
| 1994 | $504M | $5.32B |
| 1993 | $605M | $5.14B |
| 1992 | $724M | $4.99B |
| 1991 | $968M | $4.69B |
| 1990 | $1.24B | $4.53B |
| 1989 | $1.22B | $3.95B |
| 1988 | $1.31B | $3.57B |
| 1987 | $1.36B | $3.31B |
| 1986 | $1.06B | $3.33B |
| 1985 | $884M | $3.42B |
| 1984 | $1.05B | $2.91B |
| 1983 | $1.28B | $2.36B |
| 1982 | $1.36B | $2.44B |
| 1981 | $1.35B | $2.31B |
| 1980 | $1.39B | $2.08B |
| 1979 | $1.71B | $1.85B |
| 1978 | $1.57B | $1.87B |
| 1977 | $1.21B | $1.91B |
| 1976 | $723M | $1.6B |
| 1975 | $504M | $1.33B |
| 1974 | $505M | $1.17B |
| 1973 | $467M | $1.28B |
| 1972 | $414M | $1.32B |
| 1971 | $325M | $1.25B |
| 1970 | $260M | $1.03B |
| 1969 | $246M | – |
| 1968 | $255M | – |
| 1967 | $250M | – |
| 1966 | $208M | – |
| 1965 | $165M | – |
| 1964 | $102M | – |
| 1963 | $32.2M | – |
- Estimate
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 Singapore
Health
- Life expectancyKenya: 63.7 years in 2023Singapore: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024Singapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Singapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionKenya: 3.51% in 2017Singapore: 3.44% in 2017
- Suicide rateKenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Singapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKenya: 55.3 million people in 2023Singapore: 5.79 million people in 2023
- Population growthKenya: 1.97% a year in 2023Singapore: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023Singapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKenya: 32.2% in 2025Singapore: 100% in 2025
- Median ageKenya: 19.5 years in 2023Singapore: 35.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKenya: 2.9% in 2023Singapore: 13.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateKenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Singapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025Singapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personKenya: $26 in 2025Singapore: $2,980 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025Singapore: 18% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelKenya: 24,000 people in 2020Singapore: 59,000 people in 2020
- National powerKenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Singapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020Singapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsKenya: 117 million TIV in 2025Singapore: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsKenya: 2 million TIV in 1993Singapore: 79 million TIV in 2025