Angola vs Congo - Brazzaville
Angola vs Congo - Brazzaville: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $1.26B in Angola and $190M in Congo - Brazzaville, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Angola, by $1.07B, or 6.66 times that in Congo - Brazzaville.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Angola has been higher since 1993, when it overtook Congo - Brazzaville.
- In 2025, Angola ranked 76 and Congo - Brazzaville ranked 123 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Angola | Congo - Brazzaville |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.26B | $190M |
| 2024 | $924M | $182M |
| 2023 | $1.26B | $294M |
| 2022 | $1.25B | $294M |
| 2021 | $1.25B | $317M |
| 2020 | $1.47B | $319M |
| 2019 | $1.68B | $333M |
| 2018 | $1.84B | $314M |
| 2017 | $2.23B | $427M |
| 2016 | $2.57B | $585M |
| 2015 | $3.22B | – |
| 2014 | $5.47B | $729M |
| 2013 | $5.13B | $383M |
| 2012 | $3.75B | – |
| 2011 | $3.58B | – |
| 2010 | $3.82B | $255M |
| 2009 | $3.57B | – |
| 2008 | $3.67B | $230M |
| 2007 | $2.71B | $209M |
| 2006 | $3.09B | $176M |
| 2005 | $2.63B | $151M |
| 2004 | $1.86B | $192M |
| 2003 | $1.95B | $163M |
| 2002 | $1.48B | $147M |
| 2001 | $1.44B | $124M |
| 2000 | $2.39B | – |
| 1999 | $5.16B | – |
| 1998 | $404M | – |
| 1997 | $1.31B | – |
| 1996 | $817M | – |
| 1995 | $1.09B | – |
| 1994 | $10.1B | – |
| 1993 | $2.33B | $195M |
| 1992 | $145M | $220M |
| 1991 | $166M | – |
| 1990 | $278M | – |
| 1989 | $319M | – |
| 1988 | $249M | – |
| 1987 | – | $192M |
| 1985 | – | $166M |
| 1984 | – | $149M |
| 1982 | – | $176M |
| 1981 | – | $132M |
| 1980 | – | $93.3M |
| 1979 | – | $92.1M |
| 1978 | – | $76.2M |
| 1976 | – | $92.1M |
| 1975 | – | $86.6M |
| 1974 | – | $81.9M |
| 1973 | – | $64.7M |
| 1972 | – | $49.6M |
| 1971 | – | $64.2M |
| 1970 | – | $63.8M |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
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 - Brazzaville
Health
- Life expectancyAngola: 64.6 years in 2023Congo - Brazzaville: 65.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAngola: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024Congo - Brazzaville: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAngola: 48.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Congo - Brazzaville: 28.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAngola: 4.16% in 2017Congo - Brazzaville: 4.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateAngola: 12 per 100,000 people in 2017Congo - Brazzaville: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAngola: 36.8 million people in 2023Congo - Brazzaville: 6.18 million people in 2023
- Population growthAngola: 3.06% a year in 2023Congo - Brazzaville: 2.42% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAngola: 5.12 births per woman in 2023Congo - Brazzaville: 4.16 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAngola: 71.5% in 2025Congo - Brazzaville: 64.1% in 2025
- Median ageAngola: 16.5 years in 2023Congo - Brazzaville: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAngola: 2.8% in 2023Congo - Brazzaville: 2.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateAngola: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023Congo - Brazzaville: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personAngola: $2,801 in 2025Congo - Brazzaville: $1,683 in 2025
- GDP growthAngola: 3.1% a year in 2025Congo - Brazzaville: 0.8% a year in 2022
- InflationAngola: 20.2% a year in 2025Congo - Brazzaville: 2.6% a year in 2025
- Government debtAngola: 52.9% of GDP in 2025Congo - Brazzaville: 100.4% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAngola: 1.4% of GDP in 2025Congo - Brazzaville: 1.31% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personAngola: $38 in 2025Congo - Brazzaville: $32 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAngola: 5.9% of government spending in 2025Congo - Brazzaville: 6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAngola: 117,000 people in 2020Congo - Brazzaville: 12,000 people in 2020
- National powerAngola: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Congo - Brazzaville: 0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAngola: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020Congo - Brazzaville: 0.55% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAngola: 84 million TIV in 2025Congo - Brazzaville: 9 million TIV in 2024