Kenya vs Spain: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 117 million TIV in Kenya and 237 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 120 million TIV, or 2.03 times that in Kenya.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Spain has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Kenya.
In 2025, Kenya ranked 43 and Spain ranked 33 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	Spain	World
2025	117 million	237 million	33.3 billion
2024	19 million	159 million	30.6 billion
2023	–	159 million	29.5 billion
2022	1 million	198 million	33 billion
2021	4 million	134 million	26.8 billion
2020	71 million	70 million	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	35 million	26.9 billion
2018	7 million	149 million	27.3 billion
2017	17 million	82 million	31.2 billion
2016	32 million	104 million	31.4 billion
2015	30 million	152 million	28.7 billion
2014	17 million	109 million	27 billion
2013	1 million	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	68 million	219 million	27.9 billion
2011	35 million	166 million	29.9 billion
2010	96 million	272 million	25.8 billion
2009	34 million	228 million	24 billion
2008	–	347 million	24.1 billion
2007	11 million	343 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	312 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	358 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	288 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	239 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	266 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	140 million	18.3 billion
2000	15 million	315 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	357 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	82 million	27.9 billion
1997	61 million	192 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	395 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	355 million	22.9 billion
1994	30 million	838 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	299 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	207 million	24.3 billion
1991	14 million	109 million	27.8 billion
1990	43 million	691 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	835 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	1.95 billion	32.9 billion
1987	178 million	1.08 billion	36.2 billion
1986	26 million	1.08 billion	35.5 billion
1985	6 million	327 million	33.2 billion
1984	12 million	81 million	36.8 billion
1983	17 million	614 million	39.1 billion
1982	85 million	512 million	41.4 billion
1981	144 million	636 million	42 billion
1980	119 million	689 million	37.4 billion
1979	56 million	650 million	33.3 billion
1978	211 million	432 million	39.2 billion
1977	58 million	312 million	37 billion
1976	17 million	831 million	33 billion
1975	25 million	1.16 billion	34.2 billion
1974	28 million	557 million	32.9 billion
1973	2 million	895 million	32.6 billion
1972	9 million	793 million	28.7 billion
1971	26 million	637 million	29.3 billion
1970	0	234 million	22.1 billion
1969	3 million	181 million	24.7 billion
1968	2 million	133 million	22.4 billion
1967	2 million	303 million	22.1 billion
1966	19 million	307 million	22.4 billion
1965	15 million	382 million	23.1 billion
1964	6 million	51 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	15 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	55 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	103 million	15 billion
1960	–	214 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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