Congo - Kinshasa vs France: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa and 236 million TIV in France, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in France, by 192 million TIV, or 5.36 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

France has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
In 2025, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 58 and France ranked 34 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Congo - Kinshasa	France	World
2025	44 million	236 million	33.3 billion
2024	40 million	183 million	30.6 billion
2023	27 million	114 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	130 million	33 billion
2021	–	105 million	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	225 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	104 million	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	201 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	84 million	31.2 billion
2016	43 million	38 million	31.4 billion
2015	3 million	36 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	17 million	27 billion
2013	1 million	104 million	27.4 billion
2012	15 million	86 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	41 million	29.9 billion
2010	156 million	103 million	25.8 billion
2009	37 million	72 million	24 billion
2008	18 million	2 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	75 million	26.5 billion
2006	24 million	68 million	24.4 billion
2005	26 million	2 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	93 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	55 million	19.2 billion
2002	18 million	38 million	17.7 billion
2001	11 million	61 million	18.3 billion
2000	89 million	98 million	20.5 billion
1999	46 million	105 million	25.3 billion
1998	10 million	171 million	27.9 billion
1997	6 million	223 million	28.9 billion
1996	61 million	64 million	23.7 billion
1995	0	99 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	84 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	102 million	25.8 billion
1992	2 million	439 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	963 million	27.8 billion
1990	4 million	77 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	107 million	31.7 billion
1988	1 million	134 million	32.9 billion
1987	36 million	84 million	36.2 billion
1986	1 million	100 million	35.5 billion
1985	1 million	20 million	33.2 billion
1984	16 million	73 million	36.8 billion
1983	5 million	108 million	39.1 billion
1982	15 million	142 million	41.4 billion
1981	12 million	106 million	42 billion
1980	10 million	70 million	37.4 billion
1979	15 million	107 million	33.3 billion
1978	38 million	231 million	39.2 billion
1977	28 million	194 million	37 billion
1976	134 million	186 million	33 billion
1975	445 million	45 million	34.2 billion
1974	9 million	46 million	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	51 million	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	33 million	28.7 billion
1971	165 million	57 million	29.3 billion
1970	19 million	44 million	22.1 billion
1969	28 million	64 million	24.7 billion
1968	7 million	123 million	22.4 billion
1967	16 million	98 million	22.1 billion
1966	27 million	106 million	22.4 billion
1965	23 million	378 million	23.1 billion
1964	64 million	1.3 billion	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	162 million	18.1 billion
1962	13 million	122 million	15.5 billion
1961	9 million	321 million	15 billion
1960	2 million	526 million	15.7 billion

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Good to know

Major weapons the country received, 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.
Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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