Chad vs Congo - Kinshasa
Chad vs Congo - Kinshasa: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending in 2025: 15.5% of government spending in Chad and 8.1% of government spending in Congo - Kinshasa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Chad, by 7.4 percentage points, or 1.91 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Chad has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
- In 2025, Chad ranked 13 and Congo - Kinshasa ranked 38 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Chad | Congo - Kinshasa |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15.5 | 8.1 |
| 2024 | 15 | 7.2 |
| 2023 | 11.7 | 6.7 |
| 2022 | 14.6 | 3.1 |
| 2021 | 15 | 3.8 |
| 2020 | 15.4 | 5.8 |
| 2019 | 14.9 | 5.2 |
| 2018 | 17.2 | 5.2 |
| 2017 | 14.8 | 7.2 |
| 2016 | 21.1 | 7.4 |
| 2015 | 11 | 8 |
| 2014 | 12.8 | 6.9 |
| 2013 | 24.5 | 9 |
| 2012 | – | 8.3 |
| 2011 | 22.4 | 6.6 |
| 2010 | 23.7 | 5.4 |
| 2009 | 30.5 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 31.3 | 6.9 |
| 2007 | 26.3 | 12.6 |
| 2006 | 21.5 | 15.7 |
| 2005 | 7.2 | 15.8 |
| 2004 | 7.9 | 16.5 |
| 2003 | 6.8 | 9.6 |
| 2002 | 8.5 | – |
| 2001 | 8.7 | – |
| 2000 | 7.5 | 8.8 |
| 1999 | 7.2 | 12.2 |
| 1998 | 6.2 | 3.5 |
| 1997 | 6.1 | 12.7 |
| 1996 | 8.8 | 16.1 |
| 1995 | 7.7 | – |
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.
- Ranks count the 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Chad vs Congo - Kinshasa
Health
- Life expectancyChad: 55.1 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChad: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024Congo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChad: 64.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterChad: 6.2% in 2022Congo - Kinshasa: 11.6% in 2022
- DepressionChad: 3.88% in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017
- Suicide rateChad: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChad: 19.3 million people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023
- Population growthChad: 5.71% a year in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChad: 6.12 births per woman in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChad: 27.6% in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025
- Median ageChad: 15.4 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChad: 2.1% in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateChad: 25.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChad: 3.19% of GDP in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsChad: $598M in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025
- Military spending per personChad: $31 in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChad: 45,000 people in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020
- National powerChad: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Congo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChad: 0.85% of the labour force in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChad: 4 million TIV in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsChad: 20 million TIV in 1987Congo - Kinshasa: 22 million TIV in 1997