Military expenditure in local currency rose 3.85% to KES 117 bil in Kenya in 2019, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database.
Historically, military expenditure in local currency in Kenya reached an all time high of KES 117 bil in 2019 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 15.9 bil, SOS 0.079 bil in Somalia, TNS 1,840 bil in Tanzania and UGX 2,393 bil in Uganda in 2019.
Kenya has been ranked 47th within the group of 145 countries we follow in terms of military expenditure in local currency, 5 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Military Expenditure (Local Currency) | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | CDF bil | ... | 400 | 429 | 477 | 582 | 670 | |||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | DJF bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| Eritrea | ERN bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Ethiopia | ETB bil | 10.7 | 12.4 | 14.2 | 15.6 | 17.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | KES bil | 94.7 | 105 | 113 | 114 | 119 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | MZN bil | 7.00 | 8.30 | 11.9 | 13.5 | 20.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | RWF bil | 84.9 | 96.1 | 102 | 111 | 141 | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | SOS bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.048 | 0.062 | 0.077 | 0.072 | 0.098 | |||||
| South Sudan | SSP bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6.60 | 8.19 | 21.1 | 24.3 | 16.8 | ||||||||||||
| Sudan | SDG bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.0 | 29.1 | 24.2 | 33.1 | 50.6 | ... | ||||||||||
| Tanzania | TNS bil | 1,185 | 1,254 | 1,365 | 1,428 | 1,566 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | UGX bil | 1,089 | 1,252 | 1,522 | 2,400 | 3,660 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | YER bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Zambia | ZMW bil | ... | ... | 3.09 | 3.20 | 3.96 | 3.77 | 3.88 |
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