Brazil vs Congo - Kinshasa

Brazil vs Congo - Kinshasa: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 1.05% of GDP in Brazil and 1.38% of GDP in Congo - Kinshasa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 0.32 percentage points, or 1.3 times that in Brazil.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Brazil vs Congo - Kinshasa: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 1.05% of GDP in Brazil and 1.38% of GDP in Congo - Kinshasa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 0.32 percentage points, or 1.3 times that in Brazil.
BrazilCongo - KinshasaSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Brazil.
  • In 2025, Brazil ranked 107 and Congo - Kinshasa ranked 90 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearBrazilCongo - Kinshasa
20251.051.38
20240.961.22
20230.991.12
20221.050.57
20211.150.53
20201.330.73
20191.380.69
20181.470.61
20171.410.74
20161.351.03
20151.371.22
20141.330.89
20131.331.07
20121.381.11
20111.410.9
20101.540.82
20091.540.65
20081.440.7
20071.471.11
20061.481.33
20051.521.31
20041.461.34
20031.50.88
20021.9–
20011.95–
20001.730.22
19991.651.16
19981.660.43
19971.581.41
19961.661.55
19951.86–
19942.02–
19931.935.23
19921.52–
19911.96–
19902.36–
19892.69–
19882.12–
19871.74–
19861.22–
19851.43–
19841.2–
19831.26–
19821.3–
19811.14–
19801.14–
19791.520
19781.60
19771.690
197620
19751.970
19741.940
19732.160
19722.440
19712.620
19702.890
19692.620
19682.650
19672.86–
19663.020
19653.35–
19642.010
19632.26–
19622.4–
19612.36–
19602.68–
19592.96–
19584.07–
19574.4–
19533.6–
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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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