Chad vs Congo - Kinshasa
Chad vs Congo - Kinshasa: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 3.19% of GDP in Chad and 1.38% of GDP in Congo - Kinshasa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Chad, by 1.81 percentage points, or 2.32 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Chad has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
- In 2025, Chad ranked 22 and Congo - Kinshasa ranked 90 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Chad | Congo - Kinshasa |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.19 | 1.38 |
| 2024 | 2.98 | 1.22 |
| 2023 | 2.12 | 1.12 |
| 2022 | 2.04 | 0.57 |
| 2021 | 2.08 | 0.53 |
| 2020 | 2.21 | 0.73 |
| 2019 | 1.57 | 0.69 |
| 2018 | 1.65 | 0.61 |
| 2017 | 1.66 | 0.74 |
| 2016 | 2.31 | 1.03 |
| 2015 | 1.52 | 1.22 |
| 2014 | 2.16 | 0.89 |
| 2013 | 4.3 | 1.07 |
| 2012 | – | 1.11 |
| 2011 | 3.76 | 0.9 |
| 2010 | 4.32 | 0.82 |
| 2009 | 5.7 | 0.65 |
| 2008 | 4.28 | 0.7 |
| 2007 | 3.25 | 1.11 |
| 2006 | 2.18 | 1.33 |
| 2005 | 0.61 | 1.31 |
| 2004 | 0.74 | 1.34 |
| 2003 | 0.97 | 0.88 |
| 2002 | 1.12 | – |
| 2001 | 0.99 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | 0.22 |
| 1999 | 0.89 | 1.16 |
| 1998 | 0.6 | 0.43 |
| 1997 | 0.7 | 1.41 |
| 1996 | 1 | 1.55 |
| 1995 | 0.9 | – |
| 1994 | 1.22 | – |
| 1993 | 1.75 | 5.23 |
| 1992 | 1.38 | – |
| 1990 | 1.38 | – |
| 1989 | 2.73 | – |
| 1988 | 3.56 | – |
| 1987 | 1.83 | – |
| 1986 | 2.96 | – |
| 1985 | 2.82 | – |
| 1984 | 2.95 | – |
| 1983 | 3.13 | – |
| 1979 | – | 0 |
| 1978 | – | 0 |
| 1977 | – | 0 |
| 1976 | – | 0 |
| 1975 | – | 0 |
| 1974 | – | 0 |
| 1973 | – | 0 |
| 1972 | – | 0 |
| 1971 | – | 0 |
| 1970 | – | 0 |
| 1969 | – | 0 |
| 1968 | – | 0 |
| 1966 | – | 0 |
| 1964 | – | 0 |
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Each country on its own
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.
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 spending in US dollarsChad: $598M in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025
- Military spending per personChad: $31 in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChad: 15.5% of government spending in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending 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