Kenya vs Switzerland
Kenya vs Switzerland: Arms exports
Arms exports: 2 million TIV in Kenya in 1993 and 129 million TIV in Switzerland in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 1993 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 230 million TIV, or 120 times that in Kenya.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Switzerland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1981.
- The world as a whole: 25.8 billion TIV in 1993.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Kenya | Switzerland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 129 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 11 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 63 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 181 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 107 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 145 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 222 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 244 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 175 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 220 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 491 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 352 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 213 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 257 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 349 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 285 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 260 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 506 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 325 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 320 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 274 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 293 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 207 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 178 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 219 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 140 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 227 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 198 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 131 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 204 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 144 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 176 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 2 million | 232 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 457 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 2 million | 508 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 475 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 318 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 375 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 319 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 340 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 347 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 529 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 331 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 413 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 8 million | 559 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 566 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 488 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 223 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 339 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 592 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 484 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 89 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 54 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 34 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 42 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 18 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 106 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 88 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 261 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 367 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | 484 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | 394 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 351 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 534 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 493 million | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 435 million | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Kenya vs Switzerland
Health
- Life expectancyKenya: 63.7 years in 2023Switzerland: 84 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024Switzerland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Switzerland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionKenya: 3.51% in 2017Switzerland: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateKenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Switzerland: 9.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKenya: 55.3 million people in 2023Switzerland: 8.87 million people in 2023
- Population growthKenya: 1.97% a year in 2023Switzerland: 0.62% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023Switzerland: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKenya: 32.2% in 2025Switzerland: 85.7% in 2025
- Median ageKenya: 19.5 years in 2023Switzerland: 42.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKenya: 2.9% in 2023Switzerland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateKenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Switzerland: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025Switzerland: 0.76% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsKenya: $1.36B in 2025Switzerland: $7.15B in 2025
- Military spending per personKenya: $26 in 2025Switzerland: $849 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025Switzerland: 2.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelKenya: 24,000 people in 2020Switzerland: 20,000 people in 2020
- National powerKenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Switzerland: 0.12% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020Switzerland: 0.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsKenya: 117 million TIV in 2025Switzerland: 33 million TIV in 2023