Kenya vs Zambia

Kenya vs Zambia: Arms imports

Arms imports: 117 million TIV in Kenya in 2025 and 1 million TIV in Zambia in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Kenya, by 18 million TIV, or 19 times that in Zambia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Kenya vs Zambia: Arms importsArms imports: 117 million TIV in Kenya in 2025 and 1 million TIV in Zambia in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Kenya, by 18 million TIV, or 19 times that in Zambia.
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What the numbers say

  • Kenya has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Zambia.
  • The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearKenyaZambiaWorld
2025117 million–33.3 billion
202419 million1 million30.6 billion
2023–5 million29.5 billion
20221 million2 million33 billion
20214 million20 million26.8 billion
202071 million3 million23.4 billion
201918 million43 million26.9 billion
20187 million–27.3 billion
201717 million46 million31.2 billion
201632 million44 million31.4 billion
201530 million15 million28.7 billion
201417 million–27 billion
20131 million–27.4 billion
201268 million61 million27.9 billion
201135 million1 million29.9 billion
201096 million–25.8 billion
200934 million–24 billion
2008–2 million24.1 billion
200711 million5 million26.5 billion
2006–30 million24.4 billion
2005–021.3 billion
2004––21.3 billion
2003––19.2 billion
2002–2 million17.7 billion
2001––18.3 billion
200015 million43 million20.5 billion
1999––25.3 billion
1998––27.9 billion
199761 million–28.9 billion
1996–8 million23.7 billion
1995––22.9 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 million–31.7 billion
1988––32.9 billion
1987178 million–36.2 billion
198626 million–35.5 billion
19856 million–33.2 billion
198412 million18 million36.8 billion
198317 million–39.1 billion
198285 million43 million41.4 billion
1981144 million253 million42 billion
1980119 million136 million37.4 billion
197956 million4 million33.3 billion
1978211 million42 million39.2 billion
197758 million41 million37 billion
197617 million109 million33 billion
197525 million48 million34.2 billion
197428 million9 million32.9 billion
19732 million19 million32.6 billion
19729 million29 million28.7 billion
197126 million165 million29.3 billion
197004 million22.1 billion
19693 million7 million24.7 billion
19682 million–22.4 billion
19672 million–22.1 billion
196619 million17 million22.4 billion
196515 million16 million23.1 billion
19646 million7 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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