Congo - Kinshasa vs France
Congo - Kinshasa vs France: Arms exports
Arms exports: 22 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa in 1997 and 3.37 billion TIV in France in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 1997 the value was higher in France, by 3.15 billion TIV, or 140 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- France has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1979.
- The world as a whole: 28.9 billion TIV in 1997.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Congo - Kinshasa | France | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 3.37 billion | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 2.47 billion | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 2.18 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 3.16 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 3.9 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 2.29 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 3.75 billion | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 1.87 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 2.34 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 2.19 billion | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 2.23 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 1.76 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 1.87 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 1.34 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 2.08 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 888 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 1.85 billion | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 1.87 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 2.15 billion | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 1.48 billion | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 1.65 billion | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 2.12 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 1.35 billion | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 1.38 billion | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 1.31 billion | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 966 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 1.68 billion | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 3.1 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 22 million | 3.18 billion | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 1.84 billion | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 969 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 858 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 971 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 1.25 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 1.17 billion | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 1.8 billion | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 2.27 billion | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 1.96 billion | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 1.75 billion | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 2.96 billion | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 3.99 billion | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 2.93 billion | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 3.41 billion | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 3.79 billion | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 3.68 billion | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 3.85 billion | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 1 million | 2.97 billion | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 3.32 billion | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 2.74 billion | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 2.04 billion | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 2.32 billion | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 2.18 billion | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 2.97 billion | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 2.69 billion | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 2.36 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 1.74 billion | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 1.52 billion | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 1.5 billion | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 1.6 billion | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 1.9 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | 1.33 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | 1.57 billion | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 1.33 billion | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 912 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 856 million | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 866 million | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- 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
Congo - Kinshasa vs France
Health
- Life expectancyCongo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023France: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024France: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023France: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6% in 2022France: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionCongo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017France: 4.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017France: 12.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCongo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023France: 66.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthCongo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023France: 0.17% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCongo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023France: 1.64 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCongo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025France: 78.8% in 2025
- Median ageCongo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023France: 41.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCongo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023France: 21.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateCongo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023France: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025France: 2.03% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCongo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025France: $64.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personCongo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025France: $1,021 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025France: 3.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCongo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020France: 304,000 people in 2020
- National powerCongo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022France: 1.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCongo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020France: 1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCongo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025France: 236 million TIV in 2025