Kenya vs United Kingdom
Kenya vs United Kingdom: Arms exports
Arms exports: 2 million TIV in Kenya in 1993 and 702 million TIV in United Kingdom in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 1993 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 1.38 billion TIV, or 690 times that in Kenya.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- United Kingdom has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1981.
- The world as a whole: 25.8 billion TIV in 1993.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Kenya | United Kingdom | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 702 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 884 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 1.32 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 1.74 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 639 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 652 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 886 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 682 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 1.1 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 1.34 billion | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 1.18 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 1.66 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 1.51 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 813 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 1 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 1.15 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 1.07 billion | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 931 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 924 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 957 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 990 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 1.23 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 769 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 1.08 billion | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 1.35 billion | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 1.62 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 1.32 billion | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 1.4 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 2.36 billion | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 1.62 billion | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 1.46 billion | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 1.53 billion | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 2 million | 1.38 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 1.09 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 2 million | 1.53 billion | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 1.84 billion | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 3.5 billion | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 2.53 billion | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 3.6 billion | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 1.99 billion | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 2.14 billion | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 2.53 billion | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 2.54 billion | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 2.52 billion | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 8 million | 2.36 billion | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 1.57 billion | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 1.54 billion | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 2.21 billion | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 2.2 billion | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 2.52 billion | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 2.23 billion | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 2.25 billion | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 2.79 billion | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 2.68 billion | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 2.35 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 982 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 1.62 billion | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 1.68 billion | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 1.88 billion | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 1.42 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | 1.5 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | 1.41 billion | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 1.24 billion | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 1.07 billion | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 1.4 billion | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 2.19 billion | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Kenya vs United Kingdom
Health
- Life expectancyKenya: 63.7 years in 2023United Kingdom: 81.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024United Kingdom: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Kingdom: 3.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionKenya: 3.51% in 2017United Kingdom: 4.12% in 2017
- Suicide rateKenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017United Kingdom: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKenya: 55.3 million people in 2023United Kingdom: 68.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthKenya: 1.97% a year in 2023United Kingdom: 0.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023United Kingdom: 1.56 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKenya: 32.2% in 2025United Kingdom: 83.3% in 2025
- Median ageKenya: 19.5 years in 2023United Kingdom: 39.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKenya: 2.9% in 2023United Kingdom: 19.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateKenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023United Kingdom: 6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025United Kingdom: 2.35% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsKenya: $1.36B in 2025United Kingdom: $88B in 2025
- Military spending per personKenya: $26 in 2025United Kingdom: $1,283 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025United Kingdom: 5.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelKenya: 24,000 people in 2020United Kingdom: 153,000 people in 2020
- National powerKenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022United Kingdom: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020United Kingdom: 0.45% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsKenya: 117 million TIV in 2025United Kingdom: 609 million TIV in 2025