Chad vs Congo - Kinshasa
Chad vs Congo - Kinshasa: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $598M in Chad and $1.08B in Congo - Kinshasa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by $484M, or 1.81 times that in Chad.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Chad.
- In 2025, Chad ranked 92 and Congo - Kinshasa ranked 79 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Chad | Congo - Kinshasa |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $598M | $1.08B |
| 2024 | $558M | $899M |
| 2023 | $406M | $763M |
| 2022 | $412M | $375M |
| 2021 | $387M | $334M |
| 2020 | $388M | $399M |
| 2019 | $300M | $386M |
| 2018 | $304M | $331M |
| 2017 | $290M | $385M |
| 2016 | $408M | $487M |
| 2015 | $288M | $572M |
| 2014 | $446M | $400M |
| 2013 | $839M | $442M |
| 2012 | – | $395M |
| 2011 | $724M | $286M |
| 2010 | $784M | $249M |
| 2009 | $878M | $183M |
| 2008 | $757M | $242M |
| 2007 | $569M | $338M |
| 2006 | $324M | $357M |
| 2005 | $87.8M | $329M |
| 2004 | $86.4M | $281M |
| 2003 | $72.9M | $169M |
| 2002 | $71.9M | – |
| 2001 | $60.8M | – |
| 2000 | $54.1M | $99.6M |
| 1999 | $47.7M | $134M |
| 1998 | $32.3M | $36.8M |
| 1997 | $34.4M | $122M |
| 1996 | $47.5M | $149M |
| 1995 | $41.7M | – |
| 1994 | $56M | – |
| 1993 | $71.6M | $431M |
| 1992 | $55.2M | $140M |
| 1991 | – | $73.5M |
| 1990 | $55.2M | $79.9M |
| 1989 | $106M | $113M |
| 1988 | $131M | $360M |
| 1987 | $67.1M | $48.8M |
| 1986 | $104M | $110M |
| 1985 | $90.6M | $79.6M |
| 1984 | $98.1M | $94.5M |
| 1983 | $101M | $75.8M |
| 1982 | – | $111M |
| 1981 | – | $56.5M |
| 1980 | – | $104M |
| 1979 | – | $118M |
| 1978 | – | $129M |
| 1977 | – | $148M |
| 1976 | – | $173M |
| 1975 | – | $283M |
| 1974 | – | $397M |
| 1973 | – | $278M |
| 1972 | – | $295M |
| 1971 | – | $370M |
| 1970 | – | $394M |
| 1969 | – | $301M |
| 1968 | – | $223M |
| 1967 | – | $215M |
| 1966 | – | $239M |
| 1965 | – | $279M |
| 1964 | – | $171M |
| 1963 | – | $124M |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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 spendingChad: 3.19% of GDP in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP 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