Benin vs Congo - Kinshasa
Benin vs Congo - Kinshasa: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $204M in Benin and $1.08B in Congo - Kinshasa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by $878M, or 5.31 times that in Benin.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 1988, when it overtook Benin.
- In 2025, Benin ranked 119 and Congo - Kinshasa ranked 79 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Benin | Congo - Kinshasa |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $204M | $1.08B |
| 2024 | $167M | $899M |
| 2023 | $151M | $763M |
| 2022 | $118M | $375M |
| 2021 | $93.9M | $334M |
| 2020 | $73M | $399M |
| 2019 | $72.7M | $386M |
| 2018 | $90.6M | $331M |
| 2017 | $124M | $385M |
| 2016 | $87.4M | $487M |
| 2015 | $98.8M | $572M |
| 2014 | $84.7M | $400M |
| 2013 | $77.8M | $442M |
| 2012 | $73.4M | $395M |
| 2011 | – | $286M |
| 2010 | – | $249M |
| 2009 | – | $183M |
| 2008 | $60.3M | $242M |
| 2007 | – | $338M |
| 2006 | $55.6M | $357M |
| 2005 | $55.6M | $329M |
| 2004 | $54.9M | $281M |
| 2003 | $50.3M | $169M |
| 2002 | $46.1M | – |
| 2001 | $25.1M | – |
| 2000 | $28M | $99.6M |
| 1999 | $31M | $134M |
| 1998 | – | $36.8M |
| 1997 | – | $122M |
| 1996 | – | $149M |
| 1993 | – | $431M |
| 1992 | – | $140M |
| 1991 | – | $73.5M |
| 1990 | $50.1M | $79.9M |
| 1989 | $51.6M | $113M |
| 1988 | $62.2M | $360M |
| 1987 | $62.6M | $48.8M |
| 1986 | $52.5M | $110M |
| 1985 | $51.6M | $79.6M |
| 1984 | $54.4M | $94.5M |
| 1983 | $43.8M | $75.8M |
| 1982 | $33M | $111M |
| 1981 | $29.5M | $56.5M |
| 1980 | $31.8M | $104M |
| 1979 | $26.4M | $118M |
| 1978 | $14.9M | $129M |
| 1977 | $20.9M | $148M |
| 1976 | $15.8M | $173M |
| 1975 | $18.1M | $283M |
| 1974 | $19M | $397M |
| 1973 | $20.1M | $278M |
| 1972 | $18.5M | $295M |
| 1971 | $16.9M | $370M |
| 1970 | $16.9M | $394M |
| 1969 | – | $301M |
| 1968 | – | $223M |
| 1967 | – | $215M |
| 1966 | – | $239M |
| 1965 | – | $279M |
| 1964 | – | $171M |
| 1963 | – | $124M |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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
Benin vs Congo - Kinshasa
Health
- Life expectancyBenin: 60.8 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBenin: 7.5 per 100 live births in 2024Congo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBenin: 52.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBenin: 3.63% in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017
- Suicide rateBenin: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBenin: 14.1 million people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023
- Population growthBenin: 2.51% a year in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBenin: 4.56 births per woman in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBenin: 53.4% in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025
- Median ageBenin: 17.8 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBenin: 3.1% in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateBenin: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBenin: 0.89% of GDP in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personBenin: $15 in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBenin: 4.8% of government spending in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBenin: 12,000 people in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020
- National powerBenin: 0.07% of world capability in 2022Congo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBenin: 0.21% of the labour force in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBenin: 4 million TIV in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025