Canada vs Congo - Kinshasa
Canada vs Congo - Kinshasa: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 39 million TIV, or 1.89 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Canada has been higher since 1977, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
- In 2025, Canada ranked 49 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
| Year | Canada | Congo - Kinshasa | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 million | 44 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 198 million | 40 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 73 million | 27 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 214 million | – | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 357 million | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 248 million | 9 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 187 million | – | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 185 million | 1 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 354 million | – | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 246 million | 43 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 408 million | 3 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 316 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 202 million | 1 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 207 million | 15 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 356 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 242 million | 156 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 104 million | 37 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 423 million | 18 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 478 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 97 million | 24 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 106 million | 26 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 341 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 140 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 418 million | 18 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 520 million | 11 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 529 million | 89 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 143 million | 46 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 111 million | 10 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 353 million | 6 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 419 million | 61 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 405 million | 0 | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 473 million | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 196 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 407 million | 2 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 767 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 157 million | 4 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 37 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 712 million | 1 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 787 million | 36 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 849 million | 1 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 848 million | 1 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 654 million | 16 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 649 million | 5 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 277 million | 15 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 453 million | 12 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 442 million | 10 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 193 million | 15 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 130 million | 38 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 90 million | 28 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 53 million | 134 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 195 million | 445 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 229 million | 9 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 78 million | 5 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 376 million | 15 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 457 million | 165 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 623 million | 19 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 516 million | 28 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 336 million | 7 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 237 million | 16 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 306 million | 27 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 563 million | 23 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 742 million | 64 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 1.01 billion | 32 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 1.22 billion | 13 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 1.58 billion | 9 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 171 million | 2 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.
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Canada vs Congo - Kinshasa
Health
- Life expectancyCanada: 82.6 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCanada: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Congo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCanada: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCanada: 99% in 2022Congo - Kinshasa: 11.6% in 2022
- DepressionCanada: 3.99% in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017
- Suicide rateCanada: 10.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCanada: 39.3 million people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023
- Population growthCanada: 1.22% a year in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCanada: 1.35 births per woman in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCanada: 82.9% in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025
- Median ageCanada: 40.3 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCanada: 19.4% in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateCanada: 11 per 1,000 people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCanada: 1.63% of GDP in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCanada: $37.5B in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025
- Military spending per personCanada: $939 in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCanada: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCanada: 72,000 people in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020
- National powerCanada: 0.81% of world capability in 2022Congo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCanada: 0.35% of the labour force in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsCanada: 312 million TIV in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 22 million TIV in 1997