Belgium vs Congo - Kinshasa

Belgium vs Congo - Kinshasa: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 430 million TIV in Belgium and 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by 386 million TIV, or 9.77 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Belgium vs Congo - Kinshasa: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 430 million TIV in Belgium and 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by 386 million TIV, or 9.77 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
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What the numbers say

  • Belgium has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
  • In 2025, Belgium ranked 25 and Congo - Kinshasa ranked 58 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearBelgiumCongo - KinshasaWorld
2025430 million44 million33.3 billion
2024508 million40 million30.6 billion
202312 million27 million29.5 billion
2022170 million–33 billion
2021255 million–26.8 billion
202090 million9 million23.4 billion
20199 million–26.9 billion
20181 million1 million27.3 billion
20177 million–31.2 billion
20164 million43 million31.4 billion
201552 million3 million28.7 billion
201499 million–27 billion
201348 million1 million27.4 billion
201233 million15 million27.9 billion
201127 million–29.9 billion
201040 million156 million25.8 billion
200987 million37 million24 billion
2008191 million18 million24.1 billion
2007171 million–26.5 billion
200615 million24 million24.4 billion
20053 million26 million21.3 billion
200415 million–21.3 billion
200321 million–19.2 billion
200248 million18 million17.7 billion
200130 million11 million18.3 billion
200036 million89 million20.5 billion
199958 million46 million25.3 billion
199855 million10 million27.9 billion
199750 million6 million28.9 billion
19963 million61 million23.7 billion
199516 million022.9 billion
199447 million–22.8 billion
199373 million–25.8 billion
199248 million2 million24.3 billion
1991125 million–27.8 billion
1990314 million4 million28.6 billion
1989203 million–31.7 billion
1988407 million1 million32.9 billion
198791 million36 million36.2 billion
198691 million1 million35.5 billion
1985287 million1 million33.2 billion
1984575 million16 million36.8 billion
1983580 million5 million39.1 billion
1982433 million15 million41.4 billion
1981515 million12 million42 billion
1980565 million10 million37.4 billion
1979779 million15 million33.3 billion
1978409 million38 million39.2 billion
1977187 million28 million37 billion
1976184 million134 million33 billion
1975130 million445 million34.2 billion
1974113 million9 million32.9 billion
1973562 million5 million32.6 billion
1972492 million15 million28.7 billion
1971499 million165 million29.3 billion
1970514 million19 million22.1 billion
1969240 million28 million24.7 billion
1968220 million7 million22.4 billion
196739 million16 million22.1 billion
1966116 million27 million22.4 billion
1965521 million23 million23.1 billion
1964652 million64 million24.2 billion
1963575 million32 million18.1 billion
1962188 million13 million15.5 billion
1961132 million9 million15 billion
196092 million2 million15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
  • Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
  • Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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