Kenya vs Sudan: Arms imports

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

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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 Sudan.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Kenya	Sudan	World
2025	117 million	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	19 million	50 million	30.6 billion
2023	–	6 million	29.5 billion
2022	1 million	3 million	33 billion
2021	4 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	71 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	20 million	26.9 billion
2018	7 million	35 million	27.3 billion
2017	17 million	66 million	31.2 billion
2016	32 million	110 million	31.4 billion
2015	30 million	136 million	28.7 billion
2014	17 million	70 million	27 billion
2013	1 million	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	68 million	119 million	27.9 billion
2011	35 million	191 million	29.9 billion
2010	96 million	196 million	25.8 billion
2009	34 million	100 million	24 billion
2008	–	120 million	24.1 billion
2007	11 million	58 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	112 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	113 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	294 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	205 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	50 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	106 million	18.3 billion
2000	15 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	–	36 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	–	27.9 billion
1997	61 million	63 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	27 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	3 million	22.9 billion
1994	30 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	–	–	25.8 billion
1992	–	6 million	24.3 billion
1991	14 million	46 million	27.8 billion
1990	43 million	4 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	16 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	77 million	32.9 billion
1987	178 million	122 million	36.2 billion
1986	26 million	10 million	35.5 billion
1985	6 million	66 million	33.2 billion
1984	12 million	106 million	36.8 billion
1983	17 million	25 million	39.1 billion
1982	85 million	90 million	41.4 billion
1981	144 million	203 million	42 billion
1980	119 million	3 million	37.4 billion
1979	56 million	46 million	33.3 billion
1978	211 million	208 million	39.2 billion
1977	58 million	29 million	37 billion
1976	17 million	–	33 billion
1975	25 million	5 million	34.2 billion
1974	28 million	3 million	32.9 billion
1973	2 million	23 million	32.6 billion
1972	9 million	69 million	28.7 billion
1971	26 million	87 million	29.3 billion
1970	0	598 million	22.1 billion
1969	3 million	177 million	24.7 billion
1968	2 million	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	2 million	6 million	22.1 billion
1966	19 million	10 million	22.4 billion
1965	15 million	5 million	23.1 billion
1964	6 million	36 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	17 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	34 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	17 million	15 billion
1960	–	6 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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