Congo - Kinshasa vs Germany: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa and 1.63 billion TIV in Germany, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.59 billion TIV, or 37 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Germany has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
In 2025, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 58 and Germany ranked 6 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	Germany	World
2025	44 million	1.63 billion	33.3 billion
2024	40 million	240 million	30.6 billion
2023	27 million	203 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	269 million	33 billion
2021	–	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	105 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	38 million	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	14 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	43 million	31.2 billion
2016	43 million	55 million	31.4 billion
2015	3 million	119 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	77 million	27 billion
2013	1 million	103 million	27.4 billion
2012	15 million	140 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	79 million	29.9 billion
2010	156 million	301 million	25.8 billion
2009	37 million	329 million	24 billion
2008	18 million	277 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	46 million	26.5 billion
2006	24 million	413 million	24.4 billion
2005	26 million	206 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	245 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	70 million	19.2 billion
2002	18 million	71 million	17.7 billion
2001	11 million	133 million	18.3 billion
2000	89 million	113 million	20.5 billion
1999	46 million	129 million	25.3 billion
1998	10 million	618 million	27.9 billion
1997	6 million	60 million	28.9 billion
1996	61 million	244 million	23.7 billion
1995	0	222 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	417 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	529 million	25.8 billion
1992	2 million	716 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	750 million	27.8 billion
1990	4 million	757 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	701 million	31.7 billion
1988	1 million	447 million	32.9 billion
1987	36 million	340 million	36.2 billion
1986	1 million	322 million	35.5 billion
1985	1 million	130 million	33.2 billion
1984	16 million	412 million	36.8 billion
1983	5 million	434 million	39.1 billion
1982	15 million	453 million	41.4 billion
1981	12 million	261 million	42 billion
1980	10 million	150 million	37.4 billion
1979	15 million	65 million	33.3 billion
1978	38 million	661 million	39.2 billion
1977	28 million	1.01 billion	37 billion
1976	134 million	1.36 billion	33 billion
1975	445 million	1.83 billion	34.2 billion
1974	9 million	2.14 billion	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	1.72 billion	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	796 million	28.7 billion
1971	165 million	2.24 billion	29.3 billion
1970	19 million	1.26 billion	22.1 billion
1969	28 million	1.23 billion	24.7 billion
1968	7 million	1.25 billion	22.4 billion
1967	16 million	1.39 billion	22.1 billion
1966	27 million	3.39 billion	22.4 billion
1965	23 million	3.52 billion	23.1 billion
1964	64 million	3.83 billion	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	3.31 billion	18.1 billion
1962	13 million	2.5 billion	15.5 billion
1961	9 million	2.09 billion	15 billion
1960	2 million	2.04 billion	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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