Kenya
Military spending in US dollars in Kenya
Military spending in US dollars in Kenya: $32.2M in 1963 and $1.36B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $1.36B
- Since 1963
- +$1.32B
- Rank, 2025
- 73 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $1.71B in 1979, the lowest $32.2M in 1963.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Kenya |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.36B |
| 2024 | $1.26B |
| 2023 | $1.14B |
| 2022 | $1.14B |
| 2021 | $1.16B |
| 2020 | $1.13B |
| 2019 | $1.15B |
| 2018 | $1.19B |
| 2017 | $1.16B |
| 2016 | $1.13B |
| 2015 | $1.05B |
| 2014 | $976M |
| 2013 | $1.07B |
| 2012 | $1.09B |
| 2011 | $962M |
| 2010 | $941M |
| 2009 | $887M |
| 2008 | $870M |
| 2007 | $911M |
| 2006 | $814M |
| 2005 | $823M |
| 2004 | $780M |
| 2003 | $791M |
| 2002 | $783M |
| 2001 | $728M |
| 2000 | $632M |
| 1999 | $589M |
| 1998 | $605M |
| 1997 | $642M |
| 1996 | $676M |
| 1995 | $578M |
| 1994 | $504M |
| 1993 | $605M |
| 1992 | $724M |
| 1991 | $968M |
| 1990 | $1.24B |
| 1989 | $1.22B |
| 1988 | $1.31B |
| 1987 | $1.36B |
| 1986 | $1.06B |
| 1985 | $884M |
| 1984 | $1.05B |
| 1983 | $1.28B |
| 1982 | $1.36B |
| 1981 | $1.35B |
| 1980 | $1.39B |
| 1979 | $1.71B |
| 1978 | $1.57B |
| 1977 | $1.21B |
| 1976 | $723M |
| 1975 | $504M |
| 1974 | $505M |
| 1973 | $467M |
| 1972 | $414M |
| 1971 | $325M |
| 1970 | $260M |
| 1969 | $246M |
| 1968 | $255M |
| 1967 | $250M |
| 1966 | $208M |
| 1965 | $165M |
| 1964 | $102M |
| 1963 | $32.2M |
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending1.07% of GDP 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