Kenya vs Uganda

Kenya vs Uganda: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 117 million TIV in Kenya and 2 million TIV in Uganda, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kenya, by 115 million TIV, or 59 times that in Uganda.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Kenya vs Uganda: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 117 million TIV in Kenya and 2 million TIV in Uganda, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kenya, by 115 million TIV, or 59 times that in Uganda.
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What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearKenyaUgandaWorld
2025117 million2 million33.3 billion
202419 million–30.6 billion
2023–16 million29.5 billion
20221 million66 million33 billion
20214 million8 million26.8 billion
202071 million79 million23.4 billion
201918 million23 million26.9 billion
20187 million10 million27.3 billion
201717 million22 million31.2 billion
201632 million1 million31.4 billion
201530 million7 million28.7 billion
201417 million2 million27 billion
20131 million20 million27.4 billion
201268 million213 million27.9 billion
201135 million468 million29.9 billion
201096 million37 million25.8 billion
200934 million28 million24 billion
2008–14 million24.1 billion
200711 million026.5 billion
2006–5 million24.4 billion
2005–10 million21.3 billion
2004–36 million21.3 billion
2003––19.2 billion
2002–33 million17.7 billion
2001––18.3 billion
200015 million6 million20.5 billion
1999–39 million25.3 billion
1998–55 million27.9 billion
199761 million–28.9 billion
1996––23.7 billion
1995–32 million22.9 billion
199430 million–22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
1992––24.3 billion
199114 million–27.8 billion
199043 million–28.6 billion
198947 million20 million31.7 billion
1988–1 million32.9 billion
1987178 million32 million36.2 billion
198626 million–35.5 billion
19856 million10 million33.2 billion
198412 million–36.8 billion
198317 million–39.1 billion
198285 million14 million41.4 billion
1981144 million–42 billion
1980119 million–37.4 billion
197956 million–33.3 billion
1978211 million–39.2 billion
197758 million7 million37 billion
197617 million34 million33 billion
197525 million123 million34.2 billion
197428 million46 million32.9 billion
19732 million17 million32.6 billion
19729 million20 million28.7 billion
197126 million3 million29.3 billion
197003 million22.1 billion
19693 million16 million24.7 billion
19682 million27 million22.4 billion
19672 million4 million22.1 billion
196619 million16 million22.4 billion
196515 million1 million23.1 billion
19646 million3 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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