Kenya vs Tanzania

Kenya vs Tanzania: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 117 million TIV in Kenya and 4 million TIV in Tanzania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kenya, by 113 million TIV, or 29 times that in Tanzania.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Kenya vs Tanzania: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 117 million TIV in Kenya and 4 million TIV in Tanzania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kenya, by 113 million TIV, or 29 times that in Tanzania.
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What the numbers say

  • Kenya has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Tanzania.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearKenyaTanzaniaWorld
2025117 million4 million33.3 billion
202419 million–30.6 billion
2023––29.5 billion
20221 million–33 billion
20214 million53 million26.8 billion
202071 million9 million23.4 billion
201918 million–26.9 billion
20187 million17 million27.3 billion
201717 million2 million31.2 billion
201632 million20 million31.4 billion
201530 million20 million28.7 billion
201417 million14 million27 billion
20131 million130 million27.4 billion
201268 million115 million27.9 billion
201135 million78 million29.9 billion
201096 million–25.8 billion
200934 million29 million24 billion
2008––24.1 billion
200711 million1 million26.5 billion
2006–12 million24.4 billion
2005–10 million21.3 billion
2004––21.3 billion
2003–51 million19.2 billion
2002–1 million17.7 billion
2001––18.3 billion
200015 million2 million20.5 billion
1999––25.3 billion
1998––27.9 billion
199761 million–28.9 billion
1996–4 million23.7 billion
1995––22.9 billion
199430 million5 million22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
1992–18 million24.3 billion
199114 million–27.8 billion
199043 million–28.6 billion
198947 million5 million31.7 billion
1988––32.9 billion
1987178 million–36.2 billion
198626 million1 million35.5 billion
19856 million–33.2 billion
198412 million–36.8 billion
198317 million–39.1 billion
198285 million9 million41.4 billion
1981144 million121 million42 billion
1980119 million53 million37.4 billion
197956 million260 million33.3 billion
1978211 million67 million39.2 billion
197758 million47 million37 billion
197617 million–33 billion
197525 million48 million34.2 billion
197428 million185 million32.9 billion
19732 million121 million32.6 billion
19729 million51 million28.7 billion
197126 million60 million29.3 billion
1970011 million22.1 billion
19693 million–24.7 billion
19682 million–22.4 billion
19672 million1 million22.1 billion
196619 million22 million22.4 billion
196515 million4 million23.1 billion
19646 million4 million24.2 billion
1963––18.1 billion
1962––15.5 billion
1961––15 billion
1960––15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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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