Kenya vs Thailand
Kenya vs Thailand: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $1.36B in Kenya and $5.57B in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Thailand, by $4.21B, or 4.11 times that in Kenya.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Thailand has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1963.
- In 2025, Kenya ranked 73 and Thailand ranked 45 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Kenya | Thailand |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.36B | $5.57B |
| 2024 | $1.26B | $5.52B |
| 2023 | $1.14B | $5.74B |
| 2022 | $1.14B | $6.14B |
| 2021 | $1.16B | $7.01B |
| 2020 | $1.13B | $7.13B |
| 2019 | $1.15B | $6.88B |
| 2018 | $1.19B | $6.71B |
| 2017 | $1.16B | $6.56B |
| 2016 | $1.13B | $6.23B |
| 2015 | $1.05B | $5.91B |
| 2014 | $976M | $5.71B |
| 2013 | $1.07B | $5.48B |
| 2012 | $1.09B | $5.51B |
| 2011 | $962M | $5.31B |
| 2010 | $941M | $5.77B |
| 2009 | $887M | $5.39B |
| 2008 | $870M | $4.37B |
| 2007 | $911M | $3.5B |
| 2006 | $814M | $3.09B |
| 2005 | $823M | $3.04B |
| 2004 | $780M | $3.32B |
| 2003 | $791M | $3.39B |
| 2002 | $783M | $3.39B |
| 2001 | $728M | $3.41B |
| 2000 | $632M | $3.42B |
| 1999 | $589M | $3.58B |
| 1998 | $605M | $4.03B |
| 1997 | $642M | $5.11B |
| 1996 | $676M | $5.26B |
| 1995 | $578M | $5.35B |
| 1994 | $504M | $5.36B |
| 1993 | $605M | $4.95B |
| 1992 | $724M | $4.82B |
| 1991 | $968M | $4.42B |
| 1990 | $1.24B | $3.99B |
| 1989 | $1.22B | $3.72B |
| 1988 | $1.31B | $3.6B |
| 1987 | $1.36B | $3.57B |
| 1986 | $1.06B | $3.6B |
| 1985 | $884M | $3.77B |
| 1984 | $1.05B | $3.5B |
| 1983 | $1.28B | $3.2B |
| 1982 | $1.36B | $3.17B |
| 1981 | $1.35B | $2.97B |
| 1980 | $1.39B | $3.04B |
| 1979 | $1.71B | $3.17B |
| 1978 | $1.57B | $2.73B |
| 1977 | $1.21B | $2.16B |
| 1976 | $723M | $1.8B |
| 1975 | $504M | $1.46B |
| 1974 | $505M | $1.35B |
| 1973 | $467M | $1.44B |
| 1972 | $414M | $1.54B |
| 1971 | $325M | $1.49B |
| 1970 | $260M | $1.24B |
| 1969 | $246M | $1.06B |
| 1968 | $255M | $904M |
| 1967 | $250M | $752M |
| 1966 | $208M | $655M |
| 1965 | $165M | $608M |
| 1964 | $102M | $564M |
| 1963 | $32.2M | $549M |
| 1962 | – | $517M |
| 1961 | – | $396M |
| 1960 | – | $457M |
| 1959 | – | $490M |
| 1958 | – | $478M |
| 1957 | – | $539M |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Kenya vs Thailand
Health
- Life expectancyKenya: 63.7 years in 2023Thailand: 76.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024Thailand: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Thailand: 6.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionKenya: 3.51% in 2017Thailand: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide rateKenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Thailand: 10.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKenya: 55.3 million people in 2023Thailand: 71.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthKenya: 1.97% a year in 2023Thailand: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023Thailand: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKenya: 32.2% in 2025Thailand: 62.8% in 2025
- Median ageKenya: 19.5 years in 2023Thailand: 39.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKenya: 2.9% in 2023Thailand: 14.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateKenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Thailand: 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025Thailand: 1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personKenya: $26 in 2025Thailand: $84 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025Thailand: 4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelKenya: 24,000 people in 2020Thailand: 455,000 people in 2020
- National powerKenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Thailand: 0.79% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020Thailand: 1.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsKenya: 117 million TIV in 2025Thailand: 33 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsKenya: 2 million TIV in 1993Thailand: 15 million TIV in 2024