Kenya vs South Korea: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 117 million TIV in Kenya and 222 million TIV in South Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 105 million TIV, or 1.9 times that in Kenya.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

South Korea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1964.
In 2025, Kenya ranked 43 and South Korea ranked 35 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Kenya	South Korea	World
2025	117 million	222 million	33.3 billion
2024	19 million	1.03 billion	30.6 billion
2023	–	218 million	29.5 billion
2022	1 million	423 million	33 billion
2021	4 million	812 million	26.8 billion
2020	71 million	1.27 billion	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	1.61 billion	26.9 billion
2018	7 million	1.03 billion	27.3 billion
2017	17 million	962 million	31.2 billion
2016	32 million	1.04 billion	31.4 billion
2015	30 million	268 million	28.7 billion
2014	17 million	742 million	27 billion
2013	1 million	189 million	27.4 billion
2012	68 million	1.08 billion	27.9 billion
2011	35 million	1.57 billion	29.9 billion
2010	96 million	1.3 billion	25.8 billion
2009	34 million	798 million	24 billion
2008	–	1.69 billion	24.1 billion
2007	11 million	1.73 billion	26.5 billion
2006	–	1.66 billion	24.4 billion
2005	–	801 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	1.06 billion	21.3 billion
2003	–	767 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	519 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	768 million	18.3 billion
2000	15 million	1.39 billion	20.5 billion
1999	–	1.64 billion	25.3 billion
1998	–	1.42 billion	27.9 billion
1997	61 million	1.22 billion	28.9 billion
1996	–	1.97 billion	23.7 billion
1995	–	1.95 billion	22.9 billion
1994	30 million	1.01 billion	22.8 billion
1993	–	1.01 billion	25.8 billion
1992	–	782 million	24.3 billion
1991	14 million	908 million	27.8 billion
1990	43 million	1.2 billion	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	1.84 billion	31.7 billion
1988	–	1.24 billion	32.9 billion
1987	178 million	773 million	36.2 billion
1986	26 million	857 million	35.5 billion
1985	6 million	760 million	33.2 billion
1984	12 million	524 million	36.8 billion
1983	17 million	496 million	39.1 billion
1982	85 million	673 million	41.4 billion
1981	144 million	872 million	42 billion
1980	119 million	877 million	37.4 billion
1979	56 million	1.32 billion	33.3 billion
1978	211 million	399 million	39.2 billion
1977	58 million	1.2 billion	37 billion
1976	17 million	556 million	33 billion
1975	25 million	661 million	34.2 billion
1974	28 million	458 million	32.9 billion
1973	2 million	269 million	32.6 billion
1972	9 million	413 million	28.7 billion
1971	26 million	250 million	29.3 billion
1970	0	100 million	22.1 billion
1969	3 million	586 million	24.7 billion
1968	2 million	359 million	22.4 billion
1967	2 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1966	19 million	578 million	22.4 billion
1965	15 million	632 million	23.1 billion
1964	6 million	332 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	214 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	65 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	113 million	15 billion
1960	–	122 million	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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