Military Spending / Kenya
Kenya Military Spending
Kenya military spending data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 1.00%.
COUNTRY: Kenya
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-08-31 05:08:12
GM ECONOMY RATING
Kenya · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
B
54 / 100
Fragile stability
Fiscal stability
2.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
17.0 / 20
External stability
11.0 / 15
Financial robustness
8.0 / 15
Structural stability
10.0 / 15
Future capacity
6.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
3.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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Kenya · military spending data as percent of GDP.
Latest
1.00%
Previous
0.98%
Range avg.
1.12%
Rank
76
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CountryKenya
IndicatorMilitary Spending
1.00%2024 · Rank 76
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Kenya recorded 1.00% for Military Spending in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator increased by 0.02 percentage points, from 0.98% to 1.00%.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (1.12%).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is predominantly downward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 0.98% in 2023 and the high was 1.25% in 2016.
Comparison
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