Military Expenditure (Local Currency) rose 10.8% to KES 105 bil in Kenya in 2017

Military expenditure in local currency rose 10.8% to KES 105 bil in Kenya in 2017, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database.

Historically, military expenditure in local currency in Kenya reached an all time high of KES 105 bil in 2017 and an all time low of KES 0.013 bil in 1963. When compared to Kenya's main peers, military expenditure in local currency in Ethiopia amounted to ETB 12.0 bil, SOS 0.062 bil in Somalia, TNS 1,362 bil in Tanzania and UGX 1,252 bil in Uganda in 2017.

Kenya has been ranked 48th within the group of 151 countries we follow in terms of military expenditure in local currency, 9 places above the position seen 10 years ago.