Kenya vs Netherlands: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 117 million TIV in Kenya and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 707 million TIV, or 7.04 times that in Kenya.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Netherlands has been higher since 2015, when it overtook Kenya.
In 2025, Kenya ranked 43 and Netherlands ranked 12 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	Netherlands	World
2025	117 million	824 million	33.3 billion
2024	19 million	333 million	30.6 billion
2023	–	374 million	29.5 billion
2022	1 million	725 million	33 billion
2021	4 million	512 million	26.8 billion
2020	71 million	575 million	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	494 million	26.9 billion
2018	7 million	139 million	27.3 billion
2017	17 million	33 million	31.2 billion
2016	32 million	69 million	31.4 billion
2015	30 million	51 million	28.7 billion
2014	17 million	8 million	27 billion
2013	1 million	488 million	27.4 billion
2012	68 million	190 million	27.9 billion
2011	35 million	115 million	29.9 billion
2010	96 million	171 million	25.8 billion
2009	34 million	262 million	24 billion
2008	–	147 million	24.1 billion
2007	11 million	221 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	304 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	86 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	130 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	128 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	247 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	164 million	18.3 billion
2000	15 million	123 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	278 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	269 million	27.9 billion
1997	61 million	126 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	203 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	84 million	22.9 billion
1994	30 million	205 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	140 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	237 million	24.3 billion
1991	14 million	322 million	27.8 billion
1990	43 million	273 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	705 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	393 million	32.9 billion
1987	178 million	614 million	36.2 billion
1986	26 million	792 million	35.5 billion
1985	6 million	892 million	33.2 billion
1984	12 million	1.17 billion	36.8 billion
1983	17 million	1.33 billion	39.1 billion
1982	85 million	1.24 billion	41.4 billion
1981	144 million	755 million	42 billion
1980	119 million	645 million	37.4 billion
1979	56 million	792 million	33.3 billion
1978	211 million	717 million	39.2 billion
1977	58 million	606 million	37 billion
1976	17 million	285 million	33 billion
1975	25 million	108 million	34.2 billion
1974	28 million	40 million	32.9 billion
1973	2 million	21 million	32.6 billion
1972	9 million	650 million	28.7 billion
1971	26 million	698 million	29.3 billion
1970	0	699 million	22.1 billion
1969	3 million	569 million	24.7 billion
1968	2 million	288 million	22.4 billion
1967	2 million	751 million	22.1 billion
1966	19 million	204 million	22.4 billion
1965	15 million	815 million	23.1 billion
1964	6 million	1.01 billion	24.2 billion
1963	–	767 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	294 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	227 million	15 billion
1960	–	255 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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