Kenya vs Switzerland: Arms imports

Arms imports: 117 million TIV in Kenya in 2025 and 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 14 million TIV, or 15 times that in Kenya.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Switzerland has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Kenya.
The world as a whole: 33 billion TIV in 2022.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Kenya	Switzerland	World
2025	117 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	19 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	–	33 million	29.5 billion
2022	1 million	15 million	33 billion
2021	4 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	71 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	7 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	17 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	32 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	30 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	17 million	5 million	27 billion
2013	1 million	–	27.4 billion
2012	68 million	2 million	27.9 billion
2011	35 million	24 million	29.9 billion
2010	96 million	38 million	25.8 billion
2009	34 million	36 million	24 billion
2008	–	15 million	24.1 billion
2007	11 million	108 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	83 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	203 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	117 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	60 million	18.3 billion
2000	15 million	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	499 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	428 million	27.9 billion
1997	61 million	375 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	187 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	93 million	22.9 billion
1994	30 million	114 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	98 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	381 million	24.3 billion
1991	14 million	469 million	27.8 billion
1990	43 million	433 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	318 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	178 million	151 million	36.2 billion
1986	26 million	108 million	35.5 billion
1985	6 million	341 million	33.2 billion
1984	12 million	404 million	36.8 billion
1983	17 million	442 million	39.1 billion
1982	85 million	175 million	41.4 billion
1981	144 million	289 million	42 billion
1980	119 million	272 million	37.4 billion
1979	56 million	226 million	33.3 billion
1978	211 million	217 million	39.2 billion
1977	58 million	4 million	37 billion
1976	17 million	142 million	33 billion
1975	25 million	136 million	34.2 billion
1974	28 million	64 million	32.9 billion
1973	2 million	123 million	32.6 billion
1972	9 million	192 million	28.7 billion
1971	26 million	153 million	29.3 billion
1970	0	142 million	22.1 billion
1969	3 million	166 million	24.7 billion
1968	2 million	199 million	22.4 billion
1967	2 million	177 million	22.1 billion
1966	19 million	373 million	22.4 billion
1965	15 million	228 million	23.1 billion
1964	6 million	263 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	52 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	4 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	37 million	15 billion
1960	–	218 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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