Kenya vs Sweden: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 1.07% of GDP in Kenya and 2.47% of GDP in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by 1.4 percentage points, or 2.31 times that in Kenya.
KenyaSweden
Watch it change on the map% of GDP · SIPRI
Latest figures
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1.07 2025 | 1.2 | 105 of 151 |
| Sweden | 2.47 2025 | 1.07 | 38 of 151 |
What the numbers say
- Sweden has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Kenya.
- In 2025, Kenya ranked 105 and Sweden ranked 38 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Kenya | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.07 | 2.47 |
| 2024 | 1.04 | 1.99 |
| 2023 | 0.98 | 1.52 |
| 2022 | 1.01 | 1.34 |
| 2021 | 1.08 | 1.2 |
| 2020 | 1.11 | 1.15 |
| 2019 | 1.11 | 1.1 |
| 2018 | 1.21 | 1.04 |
| 2017 | 1.24 | 1.03 |
| 2016 | 1.25 | 1.06 |
| 2015 | 1.2 | 1.07 |
| 2014 | 1.2 | 1.14 |
| 2013 | 1.4 | 1.12 |
| 2012 | 1.49 | 1.14 |
| 2011 | 1.38 | 1.11 |
| 2010 | 1.37 | 1.19 |
| 2009 | 1.37 | 1.17 |
| 2008 | 1.62 | 1.17 |
| 2007 | 1.55 | 1.3 |
| 2006 | 1.46 | 1.32 |
| 2005 | 1.69 | 1.41 |
| 2004 | 1.61 | 1.43 |
| 2003 | 1.65 | 1.59 |
| 2002 | 1.63 | 1.63 |
| 2001 | 1.51 | 1.7 |
| 2000 | 1.31 | 1.82 |
| 1999 | 1.19 | 1.88 |
| 1998 | 1.22 | 1.9 |
| 1997 | 1.34 | 1.94 |
| 1996 | 1.42 | 2.13 |
| 1995 | 1.65 | 2.15 |
| 1994 | 1.64 | 2.25 |
| 1993 | 1.84 | 2.36 |
| 1992 | 1.9 | 2.44 |
| 1991 | 2.35 | 2.45 |
| 1990 | 2.89 | 2.57 |
| 1989 | 2.74 | 2.51 |
| 1988 | 2.95 | 2.59 |
| 1987 | 3.13 | 2.65 |
| 1986 | 2.5 | 2.59 |
| 1985 | 2.38 | 2.67 |
| 1984 | 3.48 | 2.67 |
| 1983 | 4.2 | 2.74 |
| 1982 | 4.57 | 2.85 |
| 1981 | 4.23 | 2.95 |
| 1980 | 4.52 | 2.92 |
| 1979 | 5.5 | 3.12 |
| 1978 | 5.2 | 3.15 |
| 1977 | 3.74 | 3.1 |
| 1976 | 2.49 | 3 |
| 1975 | 1.88 | 3.08 |
| 1974 | 1.78 | 3.22 |
| 1973 | 1.66 | 3.28 |
| 1972 | 1.54 | 3.41 |
| 1971 | 1.23 | 3.41 |
| 1970 | 1.06 | 3.36 |
| 1969 | 1.08 | 3.46 |
| 1968 | 1.22 | 3.48 |
| 1967 | 1.31 | 3.61 |
| 1966 | 1.13 | 3.86 |
| 1965 | 0.99 | 3.91 |
| 1964 | 0.59 | 3.87 |
| 1963 | 0.21 | 3.97 |
| 1962 | – | 3.86 |
| 1961 | – | 3.72 |
| 1960 | – | 3.78 |
- Estimate
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.
- 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.
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