Bangladesh vs Congo - Kinshasa
Bangladesh vs Congo - Kinshasa: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 0.81% of GDP in Bangladesh and 1.38% of GDP in Congo - Kinshasa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 0.56 percentage points, or 1.7 times that in Bangladesh.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Bangladesh.
- In 2025, Bangladesh ranked 124 and Congo - Kinshasa ranked 90 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Bangladesh | Congo - Kinshasa |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.81 | 1.38 |
| 2024 | 0.86 | 1.22 |
| 2023 | 0.87 | 1.12 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0.57 |
| 2021 | 1.18 | 0.53 |
| 2020 | 1.26 | 0.73 |
| 2019 | 1.25 | 0.69 |
| 2018 | 1.18 | 0.61 |
| 2017 | 1.13 | 0.74 |
| 2016 | 1.23 | 1.03 |
| 2015 | 1.45 | 1.22 |
| 2014 | 1.36 | 0.89 |
| 2013 | 1.33 | 1.07 |
| 2012 | 1.42 | 1.11 |
| 2011 | 1.46 | 0.9 |
| 2010 | 1.42 | 0.82 |
| 2009 | 1.23 | 0.65 |
| 2008 | 1.12 | 0.7 |
| 2007 | 1.19 | 1.11 |
| 2006 | 1.19 | 1.33 |
| 2005 | 1.16 | 1.31 |
| 2004 | 1.19 | 1.34 |
| 2003 | 1.2 | 0.88 |
| 2002 | 1.25 | – |
| 2001 | 1.34 | – |
| 2000 | 1.4 | 0.22 |
| 1999 | 1.42 | 1.16 |
| 1998 | 1.42 | 0.43 |
| 1997 | 1.43 | 1.41 |
| 1996 | 1.38 | 1.55 |
| 1995 | 1.41 | – |
| 1994 | 1.4 | – |
| 1993 | 1.28 | 5.23 |
| 1992 | 1.2 | – |
| 1991 | 1.09 | – |
| 1990 | 1.11 | – |
| 1989 | 1.18 | – |
| 1988 | 1.14 | – |
| 1987 | 1.06 | – |
| 1986 | 1.03 | – |
| 1985 | 0.97 | – |
| 1984 | 1.09 | – |
| 1983 | 1.2 | – |
| 1982 | 0.97 | – |
| 1981 | 0.84 | – |
| 1980 | 0.74 | – |
| 1979 | 0.84 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1.27 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1.57 | 0 |
| 1976 | 1.52 | 0 |
| 1975 | 0.84 | 0 |
| 1974 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 1973 | 0.66 | 0 |
| 1972 | – | 0 |
| 1971 | – | 0 |
| 1970 | – | 0 |
| 1969 | – | 0 |
| 1968 | – | 0 |
| 1966 | – | 0 |
| 1964 | – | 0 |
- Estimate
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
Bangladesh vs Congo - Kinshasa
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Congo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022Congo - Kinshasa: 11.6% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personBangladesh: $1,985 in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $568 in 2025
- GDP growthBangladesh: 3.5% a year in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 8.5% a year in 2023
- InflationBangladesh: 10% a year in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 7.4% a year in 2025
- Government debtBangladesh: 42% of GDP in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 17.2% of GDP in 2023
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Congo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984Congo - Kinshasa: 22 million TIV in 1997