Congo - Kinshasa vs Ghana

Congo - Kinshasa vs Ghana: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa and 5 million TIV in Ghana, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 39 million TIV, or 8.8 times that in Ghana.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Congo - Kinshasa vs Ghana: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa and 5 million TIV in Ghana, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 39 million TIV, or 8.8 times that in Ghana.
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What the numbers say

  • Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Ghana.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearCongo - KinshasaGhanaWorld
202544 million5 million33.3 billion
202440 million11 million30.6 billion
202327 million8 million29.5 billion
2022–40 million33 billion
2021––26.8 billion
20209 million12 million23.4 billion
2019–2 million26.9 billion
20181 million027.3 billion
2017––31.2 billion
201643 million22 million31.4 billion
20153 million13 million28.7 billion
2014–17 million27 billion
20131 million52 million27.4 billion
201215 million39 million27.9 billion
2011–76 million29.9 billion
2010156 million2 million25.8 billion
200937 million6 million24 billion
200818 million–24.1 billion
2007–16 million26.5 billion
200624 million–24.4 billion
200526 million021.3 billion
2004–37 million21.3 billion
2003–6 million19.2 billion
200218 million1 million17.7 billion
200111 million12 million18.3 billion
200089 million1 million20.5 billion
199946 million8 million25.3 billion
199810 million–27.9 billion
19976 million5 million28.9 billion
199661 million7 million23.7 billion
19950–22.9 billion
1994–11 million22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
19922 million–24.3 billion
1991–1 million27.8 billion
19904 million4 million28.6 billion
1989–2 million31.7 billion
19881 million–32.9 billion
198736 million13 million36.2 billion
19861 million–35.5 billion
19851 million5 million33.2 billion
198416 million–36.8 billion
19835 million–39.1 billion
198215 million–41.4 billion
198112 million48 million42 billion
198010 million38 million37.4 billion
197915 million7 million33.3 billion
197838 million18 million39.2 billion
197728 million–37 billion
1976134 million39 million33 billion
1975445 million28 million34.2 billion
19749 million19 million32.9 billion
19735 million13 million32.6 billion
197215 million12 million28.7 billion
1971165 million–29.3 billion
197019 million–22.1 billion
196928 million–24.7 billion
19687 million–22.4 billion
196716 million1 million22.1 billion
196627 million24 million22.4 billion
196523 million40 million23.1 billion
196464 million40 million24.2 billion
196332 million6 million18.1 billion
196213 million20 million15.5 billion
19619 million107 million15 billion
19602 million12 million15.7 billion

Each country on its own

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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