Kenya vs Uganda: Arms imports

Kenya
17.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
Uganda
16.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2023
Kenya rank
90th
Uganda rank
93rd

Arms imports over time

  • Kenya
  • Uganda
0100.0M200.0M300.0M400.0M500.0M196419942024

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 17.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values against 16.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values in Uganda, a difference of 1.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.1 times Uganda's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Kenya ahead.

Globally, Kenya ranks 90th and Uganda ranks 93rd of 172 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)
Unit
SIPRI trend indicator values
Source
Arms Transfers Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
217 places, 9,420 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Arms transfers (imports) cover the volume of transfers of major arms through sales and gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships. Figures are SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIVs). A '0' indicates that the volume of deliveries is between 0 and 0.5 million SIPRI TIV.