Kenya vs Somalia: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 1.07% of GDP in Kenya and 1.54% of GDP in Somalia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Somalia, by 0.47 percentage points, or 1.44 times that in Kenya.
KenyaSomalia
Watch it change on the mapChange since 1963, percentage points · SIPRI
Latest figures
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1.07 2025 | 1.2 | 105 of 151 |
| Somalia | 1.54 2025 | 0.68 | 83 of 151 |
What the numbers say
- Somalia has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Kenya.
- In 2025, Kenya ranked 105 and Somalia ranked 83 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Kenya | Somalia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.07 | 1.54 |
| 2024 | 1.04 | 1.66 |
| 2023 | 0.98 | 1.27 |
| 2022 | 1.01 | 1.16 |
| 2021 | 1.08 | 1.17 |
| 2020 | 1.11 | 1.14 |
| 2019 | 1.11 | 0.83 |
| 2018 | 1.21 | 0.97 |
| 2017 | 1.24 | 0.75 |
| 2016 | 1.25 | 0.65 |
| 2015 | 1.2 | 0.68 |
| 2014 | 1.2 | 0.94 |
| 2013 | 1.4 | 0.44 |
| 2012 | 1.49 | – |
| 2011 | 1.38 | – |
| 2010 | 1.37 | – |
| 2009 | 1.37 | – |
| 2008 | 1.62 | – |
| 2007 | 1.55 | – |
| 2006 | 1.46 | – |
| 2005 | 1.69 | – |
| 2004 | 1.61 | – |
| 2003 | 1.65 | – |
| 2002 | 1.63 | – |
| 2001 | 1.51 | – |
| 2000 | 1.31 | – |
| 1999 | 1.19 | – |
| 1998 | 1.22 | – |
| 1997 | 1.34 | – |
| 1996 | 1.42 | – |
| 1995 | 1.65 | – |
| 1994 | 1.64 | – |
| 1993 | 1.84 | – |
| 1992 | 1.9 | – |
| 1991 | 2.35 | – |
| 1990 | 2.89 | – |
| 1989 | 2.74 | 1.53 |
| 1988 | 2.95 | 17.44 |
| 1987 | 3.13 | 16.96 |
| 1986 | 2.5 | 28.95 |
| 1985 | 2.38 | 0.05 |
| 1984 | 3.48 | 0.14 |
| 1983 | 4.2 | 0.24 |
| 1982 | 4.57 | 0.29 |
| 1981 | 4.23 | 0.61 |
| 1980 | 4.52 | 0.55 |
| 1979 | 5.5 | 0.97 |
| 1978 | 5.2 | 1 |
| 1977 | 3.74 | 0.46 |
| 1976 | 2.49 | 0.52 |
| 1975 | 1.88 | 0.52 |
| 1974 | 1.78 | 0.73 |
| 1973 | 1.66 | 0.51 |
| 1972 | 1.54 | 0.45 |
| 1971 | 1.23 | 0.48 |
| 1970 | 1.06 | 0.5 |
| 1969 | 1.08 | 0.42 |
| 1968 | 1.22 | 0.41 |
| 1967 | 1.31 | 0.39 |
| 1966 | 1.13 | 0.35 |
| 1965 | 0.99 | 0.3 |
| 1964 | 0.59 | 0.33 |
| 1963 | 0.21 | 0.29 |
| 1962 | – | 0.25 |
| 1961 | – | 0.23 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- 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