Argentina vs Congo - Kinshasa
Argentina vs Congo - Kinshasa: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 0.56% of GDP in Argentina and 1.38% of GDP in Congo - Kinshasa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 0.81 percentage points, or 2.44 times that in Argentina.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Argentina.
- In 2025, Argentina ranked 137 and Congo - Kinshasa ranked 90 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Argentina | Congo - Kinshasa |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.56 | 1.38 |
| 2024 | 0.65 | 1.22 |
| 2023 | 0.75 | 1.12 |
| 2022 | 0.68 | 0.57 |
| 2021 | 0.63 | 0.53 |
| 2020 | 0.73 | 0.73 |
| 2019 | 0.7 | 0.69 |
| 2018 | 0.73 | 0.61 |
| 2017 | 0.85 | 0.74 |
| 2016 | 0.81 | 1.03 |
| 2015 | 0.85 | 1.22 |
| 2014 | 0.88 | 0.89 |
| 2013 | 0.84 | 1.07 |
| 2012 | 0.78 | 1.11 |
| 2011 | 0.76 | 0.9 |
| 2010 | 0.81 | 0.82 |
| 2009 | 0.89 | 0.65 |
| 2008 | 0.76 | 0.7 |
| 2007 | 0.79 | 1.11 |
| 2006 | 0.79 | 1.33 |
| 2005 | 0.85 | 1.31 |
| 2004 | 0.88 | 1.34 |
| 2003 | 1.06 | 0.88 |
| 2002 | 1.09 | – |
| 2001 | 1.18 | – |
| 2000 | 1.15 | 0.22 |
| 1999 | 1.22 | 1.16 |
| 1998 | 1.14 | 0.43 |
| 1997 | 1.14 | 1.41 |
| 1996 | 1.24 | 1.55 |
| 1995 | 1.47 | – |
| 1994 | 1.46 | – |
| 1993 | 1.42 | 5.23 |
| 1992 | 1.42 | – |
| 1991 | 1.51 | – |
| 1990 | 1.45 | – |
| 1989 | 1.88 | – |
| 1988 | 2.13 | – |
| 1987 | 2.28 | – |
| 1986 | 2.31 | – |
| 1985 | 2.3 | – |
| 1984 | 2.16 | – |
| 1983 | 2.74 | – |
| 1982 | 2.71 | – |
| 1981 | 3.47 | – |
| 1980 | 3.1 | – |
| 1979 | 4.67 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4.72 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4.01 | 0 |
| 1976 | 3.78 | 0 |
| 1975 | 2.04 | 0 |
| 1974 | 1.66 | 0 |
| 1973 | 1.85 | 0 |
| 1972 | 1.82 | 0 |
| 1971 | 1.81 | 0 |
| 1970 | 1.88 | 0 |
| 1969 | 1.94 | 0 |
| 1968 | 1.69 | 0 |
| 1967 | 1.4 | – |
| 1966 | 1.17 | 0 |
| 1965 | 1.07 | – |
| 1964 | 1.15 | 0 |
| 1963 | 1.68 | – |
| 1962 | 2.66 | – |
| 1961 | 2.14 | – |
| 1960 | 1.55 | – |
| 1959 | 0.81 | – |
| 1950 | 2.91 | – |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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
Argentina vs Congo - Kinshasa
Health
- Life expectancyArgentina: 77.4 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityArgentina: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Congo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityArgentina: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionArgentina: 3.67% in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017
- Suicide rateArgentina: 10.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationArgentina: 45.5 million people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023
- Population growthArgentina: 0.35% a year in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateArgentina: 1.5 births per woman in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationArgentina: 92.4% in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025
- Median ageArgentina: 32.1 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overArgentina: 12.2% in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateArgentina: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personArgentina: $13,290 in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $568 in 2025
- GDP growthArgentina: 4.5% a year in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 8.5% a year in 2023
- InflationArgentina: 41.9% a year in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 7.4% a year in 2025
- Government debtArgentina: 80.1% of GDP in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 17.2% of GDP in 2023
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsArgentina: $3.73B in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025
- Military spending per personArgentina: $85 in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingArgentina: 1.8% of government spending in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelArgentina: 103,000 people in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020
- National powerArgentina: 0.45% of world capability in 2022Congo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersArgentina: 0.53% of the labour force in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsArgentina: 108 million TIV in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsArgentina: 1 million TIV in 2011Congo - Kinshasa: 22 million TIV in 1997