World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): Kenya

Most recent
0.9995 (2024)
Earliest
0.3273 (1960)
Highest
5.502 (1979)
Years reported
65
Member state
Kenya at the United Nations
05101960: 0.32731961: 0.1131962: 0.077321963: 0.20651964: 0.58991965: 0.99031966: 1.1331967: 1.3051968: 1.2181969: 1.081970: 1.0571971: 1.2281972: 1.5421973: 1.6591974: 1.7771975: 1.8791976: 2.4851977: 3.741978: 5.1991979: 5.5021980: 4.5151981: 4.2251982: 4.5731983: 4.1951984: 3.4771985: 2.3761986: 2.5041987: 3.1341988: 2.9461989: 2.7411990: 2.8881991: 2.3541992: 1.9011993: 1.8381994: 1.6411995: 1.6471996: 1.4181997: 1.3411998: 1.221999: 1.1872000: 1.3142001: 1.5052002: 1.6322003: 1.652004: 1.6142005: 1.6912006: 1.4552007: 1.5482008: 1.6162009: 1.3652010: 1.372011: 1.382012: 1.492013: 1.3952014: 1.1992015: 1.2032016: 1.2472017: 1.2382018: 1.2072019: 1.1132020: 1.1082021: 1.0772022: 1.012023: 0.97542024: 0.999519602024
Military expenditure (% of GDP), 1960–2024. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

YearMilitary expenditure (% of GDP)
20240.9995
20230.9754
20221.01
20211.077
20201.108
20191.113
20181.207
20171.238
20161.247
20151.203
20141.199
20131.395
20121.49
20111.38
20101.37
20091.365
20081.616
20071.548
20061.455
20051.691
20041.614
20031.65
20021.632
20011.505
20001.314
19991.187
19981.22
19971.341
19961.418
19951.647
19941.641
19931.838
19921.901
19912.354
19902.888
19892.741
19882.946
19873.134
19862.504
19852.376
19843.477
19834.195
19824.573
19814.225
19804.515
19795.502
19785.199
19773.74
19762.485
19751.879
19741.777
19731.659
19721.542
19711.228
19701.057
19691.08
19681.218
19671.305
19661.133
19650.9903
19640.5899
19630.2065
19620.07732
19610.113
19600.3273

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