Central African Republic vs Congo - Brazzaville

Central African Republic vs Congo - Brazzaville: Military share of state spending

Military share of state spending in 2025: 12.5% of government spending in Central African Republic and 6% of government spending in Congo - Brazzaville, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Central African Republic, by 6.5 percentage points, or 2.08 times that in Congo - Brazzaville.

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% of government spending · SIPRI

Central African RepublicCongo - BrazzavilleSIPRI estimateHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

Central African Republic has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Congo - Brazzaville.
In 2025, Central African Republic ranked 20 and Congo - Brazzaville ranked 55 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

Year	Central African Republic	Congo - Brazzaville
2025	12.5	6
2024	12.9	5.7
2023	13.2	9.7
2022	9.6	8.4
2021	10.8	11.2
2020	7.4	12.3
2019	10.6	10.7
2018	7.6	11.1
2017	9.7	12
2016	12.1	11.8
2015	11.3	–
2014	11.3	8.1
2013	21.2	4.8
2012	11.6	–
2011	14.5	–
2010	14	7.2
2009	10.9	–
2008	9.7	7.4
2007	8.5	6.7
2006	–	5.9
2005	6.7	6.9
2004	8.8	10
2003	10.3	9
2002	6.5	6.6
2001	–	6.2
1996	10.3	–
1995	5.6	–
1994	5.6	–
1993	7.2	11.1
1992	7	11.7
1991	6.8	–

Estimate
Highly uncertain

Each country on its own

Good to know

The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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