Benin vs Congo - Kinshasa

Benin vs Congo - Kinshasa: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 0.89% of GDP in Benin and 1.38% of GDP in Congo - Kinshasa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 0.48 percentage points, or 1.54 times that in Benin.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Benin vs Congo - Kinshasa: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 0.89% of GDP in Benin and 1.38% of GDP in Congo - Kinshasa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 0.48 percentage points, or 1.54 times that in Benin.
BeninCongo - KinshasaSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Benin.
  • In 2025, Benin ranked 117 and Congo - Kinshasa ranked 90 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearBeninCongo - Kinshasa
20250.891.38
20240.781.22
20230.761.12
20220.630.57
20210.550.53
20200.460.73
20190.470.69
20180.630.61
20170.920.74
20160.671.03
20150.81.22
20140.70.89
20130.691.07
20120.71.11
2011–0.9
2010–0.82
2009–0.65
20080.660.7
2007–1.11
20060.671.33
20050.681.31
20040.681.34
20030.650.88
20020.62–
20010.36–
20000.410.22
19990.491.16
1998–0.43
1997–1.41
1996–1.55
1993–5.23
19901.23–
19891.31–
19881.56–
19871.57–
19861.36–
19851.31–
19841.46–
19831.19–
19821.05–
19811.55–
19802.03–
19791.930
19781.190
19771.680
19761.280
19751.490
19741.440
19731.680
19721.490
19711.60
19701.630
19691.90
19682.070
19671.98–
19661.90
19652.11–
19642.180
19631.74–
19621.75–
19611.4–
19600.87–
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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.

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