Kenya vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 117 million TIV in Kenya and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 60 million TIV, or 1.51 times that in Kenya.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Vietnam has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Kenya.
In 2025, Kenya ranked 43 and Vietnam ranked 38 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	Vietnam	World
2025	117 million	177 million	33.3 billion
2024	19 million	58 million	30.6 billion
2023	–	45 million	29.5 billion
2022	1 million	86 million	33 billion
2021	4 million	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	71 million	38 million	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	166 million	26.9 billion
2018	7 million	604 million	27.3 billion
2017	17 million	783 million	31.2 billion
2016	32 million	924 million	31.4 billion
2015	30 million	869 million	28.7 billion
2014	17 million	1.23 billion	27 billion
2013	1 million	360 million	27.4 billion
2012	68 million	782 million	27.9 billion
2011	35 million	1.02 billion	29.9 billion
2010	96 million	161 million	25.8 billion
2009	34 million	61 million	24 billion
2008	–	186 million	24.1 billion
2007	11 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	42 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	221 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	299 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	97 million	18.3 billion
2000	15 million	11 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	168 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	209 million	27.9 billion
1997	61 million	111 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	214 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	273 million	22.9 billion
1994	30 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	–	–	25.8 billion
1992	–	–	24.3 billion
1991	14 million	–	27.8 billion
1990	43 million	116 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	128 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	65 million	32.9 billion
1987	178 million	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	26 million	78 million	35.5 billion
1985	6 million	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	12 million	557 million	36.8 billion
1983	17 million	916 million	39.1 billion
1982	85 million	532 million	41.4 billion
1981	144 million	1.07 billion	42 billion
1980	119 million	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	56 million	1.25 billion	33.3 billion
1978	211 million	227 million	39.2 billion
1977	58 million	42 million	37 billion
1976	17 million	42 million	33 billion
1975	25 million	493 million	34.2 billion
1974	28 million	859 million	32.9 billion
1973	2 million	1.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	9 million	1.32 billion	28.7 billion
1971	26 million	1.2 billion	29.3 billion
1970	0	1.21 billion	22.1 billion
1969	3 million	909 million	24.7 billion
1968	2 million	1.18 billion	22.4 billion
1967	2 million	1.1 billion	22.1 billion
1966	19 million	1.14 billion	22.4 billion
1965	15 million	651 million	23.1 billion
1964	6 million	266 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	107 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	47 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	95 million	15 billion
1960	–	103 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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