Angola vs Congo - Kinshasa
Angola vs Congo - Kinshasa: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $1.26B in Angola and $1.08B in Congo - Kinshasa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Angola, by $181M, or 1.17 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Angola has been higher since 1989, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
- In 2025, Angola ranked 76 and Congo - Kinshasa ranked 79 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Angola | Congo - Kinshasa |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.26B | $1.08B |
| 2024 | $924M | $899M |
| 2023 | $1.26B | $763M |
| 2022 | $1.25B | $375M |
| 2021 | $1.25B | $334M |
| 2020 | $1.47B | $399M |
| 2019 | $1.68B | $386M |
| 2018 | $1.84B | $331M |
| 2017 | $2.23B | $385M |
| 2016 | $2.57B | $487M |
| 2015 | $3.22B | $572M |
| 2014 | $5.47B | $400M |
| 2013 | $5.13B | $442M |
| 2012 | $3.75B | $395M |
| 2011 | $3.58B | $286M |
| 2010 | $3.82B | $249M |
| 2009 | $3.57B | $183M |
| 2008 | $3.67B | $242M |
| 2007 | $2.71B | $338M |
| 2006 | $3.09B | $357M |
| 2005 | $2.63B | $329M |
| 2004 | $1.86B | $281M |
| 2003 | $1.95B | $169M |
| 2002 | $1.48B | – |
| 2001 | $1.44B | – |
| 2000 | $2.39B | $99.6M |
| 1999 | $5.16B | $134M |
| 1998 | $404M | $36.8M |
| 1997 | $1.31B | $122M |
| 1996 | $817M | $149M |
| 1995 | $1.09B | – |
| 1994 | $10.1B | – |
| 1993 | $2.33B | $431M |
| 1992 | $145M | $140M |
| 1991 | $166M | $73.5M |
| 1990 | $278M | $79.9M |
| 1989 | $319M | $113M |
| 1988 | $249M | $360M |
| 1987 | – | $48.8M |
| 1986 | – | $110M |
| 1985 | – | $79.6M |
| 1984 | – | $94.5M |
| 1983 | – | $75.8M |
| 1982 | – | $111M |
| 1981 | – | $56.5M |
| 1980 | – | $104M |
| 1979 | – | $118M |
| 1978 | – | $129M |
| 1977 | – | $148M |
| 1976 | – | $173M |
| 1975 | – | $283M |
| 1974 | – | $397M |
| 1973 | – | $278M |
| 1972 | – | $295M |
| 1971 | – | $370M |
| 1970 | – | $394M |
| 1969 | – | $301M |
| 1968 | – | $223M |
| 1967 | – | $215M |
| 1966 | – | $239M |
| 1965 | – | $279M |
| 1964 | – | $171M |
| 1963 | – | $124M |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Angola vs Congo - Kinshasa
Health
- Life expectancyAngola: 64.6 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAngola: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024Congo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAngola: 48.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAngola: 4.16% in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017
- Suicide rateAngola: 12 per 100,000 people in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAngola: 36.8 million people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023
- Population growthAngola: 3.06% a year in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAngola: 5.12 births per woman in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAngola: 71.5% in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025
- Median ageAngola: 16.5 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAngola: 2.8% in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateAngola: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAngola: 1.4% of GDP in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personAngola: $38 in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAngola: 5.9% of government spending in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAngola: 117,000 people in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020
- National powerAngola: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Congo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAngola: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAngola: 84 million TIV in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAngola: 2 million TIV in 2002Congo - Kinshasa: 22 million TIV in 1997