Kenya vs Thailand: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 117 million TIV in Kenya and 33 million TIV in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kenya, by 84 million TIV, or 3.55 times that in Thailand.

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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 Thailand.
In 2025, Kenya ranked 43 and Thailand ranked 60 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Kenya	Thailand	World
2025	117 million	33 million	33.3 billion
2024	19 million	73 million	30.6 billion
2023	–	290 million	29.5 billion
2022	1 million	271 million	33 billion
2021	4 million	151 million	26.8 billion
2020	71 million	141 million	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	293 million	26.9 billion
2018	7 million	636 million	27.3 billion
2017	17 million	317 million	31.2 billion
2016	32 million	346 million	31.4 billion
2015	30 million	184 million	28.7 billion
2014	17 million	107 million	27 billion
2013	1 million	383 million	27.4 billion
2012	68 million	278 million	27.9 billion
2011	35 million	252 million	29.9 billion
2010	96 million	60 million	25.8 billion
2009	34 million	63 million	24 billion
2008	–	16 million	24.1 billion
2007	11 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	99 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	115 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	138 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	131 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	152 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	109 million	18.3 billion
2000	15 million	77 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	160 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	62 million	27.9 billion
1997	61 million	910 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	741 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	530 million	22.9 billion
1994	30 million	608 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	182 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	429 million	24.3 billion
1991	14 million	575 million	27.8 billion
1990	43 million	235 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	284 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	623 million	32.9 billion
1987	178 million	539 million	36.2 billion
1986	26 million	162 million	35.5 billion
1985	6 million	185 million	33.2 billion
1984	12 million	360 million	36.8 billion
1983	17 million	247 million	39.1 billion
1982	85 million	81 million	41.4 billion
1981	144 million	350 million	42 billion
1980	119 million	318 million	37.4 billion
1979	56 million	326 million	33.3 billion
1978	211 million	192 million	39.2 billion
1977	58 million	111 million	37 billion
1976	17 million	154 million	33 billion
1975	25 million	90 million	34.2 billion
1974	28 million	114 million	32.9 billion
1973	2 million	321 million	32.6 billion
1972	9 million	147 million	28.7 billion
1971	26 million	243 million	29.3 billion
1970	0	258 million	22.1 billion
1969	3 million	121 million	24.7 billion
1968	2 million	88 million	22.4 billion
1967	2 million	140 million	22.1 billion
1966	19 million	58 million	22.4 billion
1965	15 million	87 million	23.1 billion
1964	6 million	84 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	111 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	113 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	52 million	15 billion
1960	–	28 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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