Belgium vs Congo - Kinshasa
Belgium vs Congo - Kinshasa: Deaths in conflicts
Deaths in conflicts in 2022: 0 deaths in Belgium and 5,228 deaths in Congo - Kinshasa, by UCDP estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 5,228 deaths.
deaths a year · UCDP
What the numbers say
- Congo - Kinshasa has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1989.
Every year
deaths a year · UCDP
| Year | Belgium | Congo - Kinshasa |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 5,228 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3,513 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3,841 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2,385 |
| 2018 | 4 | 2,938 |
| 2017 | 0 | 5,807 |
| 2016 | 34 | 2,142 |
| 2015 | 0 | 759 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1,948 |
| 2013 | 0 | 3,100 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1,630 |
| 2011 | 0 | 418 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1,063 |
| 2009 | 0 | 5,035 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1,697 |
| 2007 | 0 | 817 |
| 2006 | 0 | 323 |
| 2005 | 0 | 289 |
| 2004 | 0 | 661 |
| 2003 | 0 | 4,263 |
| 2002 | 0 | 8,012 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1,616 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2,968 |
| 1999 | 0 | 7,451 |
| 1998 | 0 | 7,456 |
| 1997 | 0 | 13,800 |
| 1996 | 0 | 33,060 |
| 1995 | 0 | 523 |
| 1994 | 0 | 333 |
| 1993 | 0 | 3,337 |
| 1992 | 0 | 67 |
| 1991 | 0 | 32 |
| 1990 | 0 | 147 |
| 1989 | 0 | 28 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Soldiers and civilians killed in the year’s armed conflicts fought in the country, by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program’s best estimate.
- Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 198 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Belgium vs Congo - Kinshasa
Health
- Life expectancyBelgium: 82.1 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBelgium: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Congo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBelgium: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBelgium: 99.7% in 2022Congo - Kinshasa: 11.6% in 2022
- DepressionBelgium: 4.11% in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017
- Suicide rateBelgium: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBelgium: 11.7 million people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023
- Population growthBelgium: 0.25% a year in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBelgium: 1.38 births per woman in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBelgium: 87.7% in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025
- Median ageBelgium: 41.4 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBelgium: 20.2% in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateBelgium: 3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Military
- Military spendingBelgium: 2.01% of GDP in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBelgium: $13.6B in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025
- Military spending per personBelgium: $1,237 in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBelgium: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBelgium: 24,000 people in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020
- National powerBelgium: 0.22% of world capability in 2022Congo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBelgium: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBelgium: 430 million TIV in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBelgium: 86 million TIV in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 22 million TIV in 1997