Cameroon vs Congo - Brazzaville
Cameroon vs Congo - Brazzaville: Arms imports
Arms imports: 2 million TIV in Cameroon in 2023 and 9 million TIV in Congo - Brazzaville in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 1 million TIV, or 1.33 times that in Congo - Brazzaville.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Cameroon has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Congo - Brazzaville.
- The world as a whole: 26.8 billion TIV in 2021.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Cameroon | Congo - Brazzaville | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | – | 9 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 2 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 2 million | – | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 4 million | 3 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 2 million | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 4 million | 3 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 2 million | 0 | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 8 million | – | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 23 million | – | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 10 million | 2 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 124 million | 6 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 139 million | 35 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 9 million | 26 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 5 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 10 million | 32 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 4 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 1 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 0 | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 3 million | 1 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 5 million | 4 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | 7 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 8 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 10 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 6 million | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | 0 | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 4 million | 2 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 9 million | 2 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 6 million | 27 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 5 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 3 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 18 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 8 million | 44 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 3 million | 44 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 2 million | 28 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 5 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 11 million | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 16 million | 3 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 125 million | 25 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 5 million | 25 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 113 million | 11 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 28 million | 3 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | 17 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 1 million | 26 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | 35 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 73 million | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 29 million | 4 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 2 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 7 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 15 million | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 1 million | 2 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 8 million | 27 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | 9 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | 23 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 3 million | 1 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 3 million | 1 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 2 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 2 million | 0 | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 2 million | 0 | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 0 | 1 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 1 million | 15.7 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Cameroon vs Congo - Brazzaville
Health
- Life expectancyCameroon: 63.7 years in 2023Congo - Brazzaville: 65.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCameroon: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024Congo - Brazzaville: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCameroon: 47.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Congo - Brazzaville: 28.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCameroon: 3.75% in 2017Congo - Brazzaville: 4.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateCameroon: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017Congo - Brazzaville: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCameroon: 28.4 million people in 2023Congo - Brazzaville: 6.18 million people in 2023
- Population growthCameroon: 2.64% a year in 2023Congo - Brazzaville: 2.42% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCameroon: 4.32 births per woman in 2023Congo - Brazzaville: 4.16 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCameroon: 55.7% in 2025Congo - Brazzaville: 64.1% in 2025
- Median ageCameroon: 17.8 years in 2023Congo - Brazzaville: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCameroon: 2.8% in 2023Congo - Brazzaville: 2.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateCameroon: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Congo - Brazzaville: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personCameroon: $1,489 in 2025Congo - Brazzaville: $1,683 in 2025
- GDP growthCameroon: 3.5% a year in 2025Congo - Brazzaville: 0.8% a year in 2022
- InflationCameroon: 3.5% a year in 2025Congo - Brazzaville: 2.6% a year in 2025
- Government debtCameroon: 40.5% of GDP in 2025Congo - Brazzaville: 100.4% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCameroon: 1.06% of GDP in 2025Congo - Brazzaville: 1.31% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCameroon: $580M in 2025Congo - Brazzaville: $190M in 2025
- Military spending per personCameroon: $21 in 2025Congo - Brazzaville: $32 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCameroon: 6.5% of government spending in 2025Congo - Brazzaville: 6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCameroon: 34,000 people in 2020Congo - Brazzaville: 12,000 people in 2020
- National powerCameroon: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Congo - Brazzaville: 0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCameroon: 0.34% of the labour force in 2020Congo - Brazzaville: 0.55% of the labour force in 2020