Brazil vs Congo - Kinshasa

Brazil vs Congo - Kinshasa: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 462 million TIV in Brazil and 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 418 million TIV, or 11 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Brazil vs Congo - Kinshasa: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 462 million TIV in Brazil and 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 418 million TIV, or 11 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
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What the numbers say

  • Brazil has been higher since 2001, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
  • In 2025, Brazil ranked 23 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

YearBrazilCongo - KinshasaWorld
2025462 million44 million33.3 billion
2024450 million40 million30.6 billion
2023193 million27 million29.5 billion
2022469 million–33 billion
2021240 million–26.8 billion
2020134 million9 million23.4 billion
2019125 million–26.9 billion
2018258 million1 million27.3 billion
201796 million–31.2 billion
2016111 million43 million31.4 billion
2015202 million3 million28.7 billion
2014201 million–27 billion
2013217 million1 million27.4 billion
2012317 million15 million27.9 billion
2011231 million–29.9 billion
2010256 million156 million25.8 billion
2009135 million37 million24 billion
2008178 million18 million24.1 billion
2007188 million–26.5 billion
2006178 million24 million24.4 billion
2005223 million26 million21.3 billion
200485 million–21.3 billion
2003110 million–19.2 billion
2002221 million18 million17.7 billion
2001573 million11 million18.3 billion
200086 million89 million20.5 billion
1999308 million46 million25.3 billion
1998200 million10 million27.9 billion
1997476 million6 million28.9 billion
1996547 million61 million23.7 billion
1995267 million022.9 billion
1994311 million–22.8 billion
199366 million–25.8 billion
199298 million2 million24.3 billion
1991161 million–27.8 billion
1990140 million4 million28.6 billion
1989742 million–31.7 billion
1988125 million1 million32.9 billion
1987234 million36 million36.2 billion
1986139 million1 million35.5 billion
198582 million1 million33.2 billion
1984123 million16 million36.8 billion
198388 million5 million39.1 billion
198272 million15 million41.4 billion
198161 million12 million42 billion
1980338 million10 million37.4 billion
1979375 million15 million33.3 billion
1978832 million38 million39.2 billion
1977525 million28 million37 billion
1976551 million134 million33 billion
1975538 million445 million34.2 billion
1974256 million9 million32.9 billion
1973598 million5 million32.6 billion
1972520 million15 million28.7 billion
1971171 million165 million29.3 billion
1970217 million19 million22.1 billion
1969108 million28 million24.7 billion
1968236 million7 million22.4 billion
1967218 million16 million22.1 billion
196657 million27 million22.4 billion
1965149 million23 million23.1 billion
196425 million64 million24.2 billion
1963127 million32 million18.1 billion
196262 million13 million15.5 billion
1961212 million9 million15 billion
1960236 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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