Kenya
Deaths in conflicts in Kenya
Deaths in conflicts in Kenya: 60 deaths in 1989 and 81 deaths in 2022, by UCDP estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- 81 deaths
- Since 1989
- +21 deaths
- Rank, 2022
- 37 of 198
- counting from the highest
deaths a year · UCDP
What the numbers say
- The highest was 733 deaths in 2008, the lowest 0 deaths in 1990.
Every year
deaths a year · UCDP
| Year | Kenya |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 81 |
| 2021 | 102 |
| 2020 | 99 |
| 2019 | 158 |
| 2018 | 103 |
| 2017 | 144 |
| 2016 | 88 |
| 2015 | 350 |
| 2014 | 244 |
| 2013 | 212 |
| 2012 | 265 |
| 2011 | 98 |
| 2010 | 55 |
| 2009 | 124 |
| 2008 | 733 |
| 2007 | 169 |
| 2006 | 111 |
| 2005 | 126 |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2003 | 0 |
| 2002 | 13 |
| 2001 | 171 |
| 2000 | 218 |
| 1999 | 208 |
| 1998 | 321 |
| 1997 | 185 |
| 1996 | 145 |
| 1995 | 44 |
| 1994 | 28 |
| 1993 | 279 |
| 1992 | 151 |
| 1991 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 |
| 1989 | 60 |
Good to know
- Soldiers and civilians killed in the year’s armed conflicts fought in the country, by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program’s best estimate.
- Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 198 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
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Kenya in numbers
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Military
- Military spending1.07% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.36B in 2025
- Military spending per person$26 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel24,000 people in 2020
- National power0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.11% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports117 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports2 million TIV in 1993