Congo - Kinshasa vs Ghana: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 1.38% of GDP in Congo - Kinshasa and 0.48% of GDP in Ghana, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 0.9 percentage points, or 2.88 times that in Ghana.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Congo - KinshasaGhanaSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2003, when it overtook Ghana.
In 2025, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 90 and Ghana ranked 141 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

Year	Congo - Kinshasa	Ghana
2025	1.38	0.48
2024	1.22	0.35
2023	1.12	0.4
2022	0.57	0.34
2021	0.53	0.38
2020	0.73	0.35
2019	0.69	0.34
2018	0.61	0.33
2017	0.74	0.31
2016	1.03	0.29
2015	1.22	0.39
2014	0.89	0.49
2013	1.07	0.4
2012	1.11	0.59
2011	0.9	0.44
2010	0.82	0.28
2009	0.65	0.34
2008	0.7	0.29
2007	1.11	0.37
2006	1.33	0.26
2005	1.31	0.26
2004	1.34	0.28
2003	0.88	0.3
2002	–	0.26
2001	–	0.26
2000	0.22	0.44
1999	1.16	0.33
1998	0.43	0.33
1997	1.41	0.29
1996	1.55	0.29
1995	–	0.34
1994	–	0.43
1993	5.23	0.42
1992	–	0.38
1991	–	0.37
1990	–	0.28
1989	–	0.43
1988	–	0.44
1987	–	0.89
1986	–	0.9
1985	–	1
1984	–	0.59
1983	–	0.34
1982	–	0.54
1981	–	0.74
1980	–	0.77
1979	0	0.65
1978	0	0.85
1977	0	1.25
1976	0	1.57
1975	0	1.72
1974	0	1.58
1973	0	1.37
1972	0	1.43
1971	0	1.7
1970	0	2.12
1969	0	2.5
1968	0	2.66
1966	0	2.23
1965	–	1.73
1964	0	1.92
1963	–	2.02
1962	–	2
1961	–	2.1
1960	–	1.71
1959	–	1.03
1958	–	1

Estimate

Each country on its own

Good to know

What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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.

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Deaths in conflictsCongo - Kinshasa: 5,228 deaths in 2022Ghana: 0 deaths in 2022