Congo - Kinshasa vs India: Arms exports
Arms exports: 22 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa in 1997 and 81 million TIV in India in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 1979 the value was higher in India, by 21 million TIV, or 22 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
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Watch it change on the mapSIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before |
|---|---|---|
| Congo - Kinshasa | 22 million 1997 | — |
| India | 81 million 2025 | 42 million |
| World | 33.5 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- India has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1979.
- The world as a whole: 38.4 billion TIV in 1979.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Congo - Kinshasa | India | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 81 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 94 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 41 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 7 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 54 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 153 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 20 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 47 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 56 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 49 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 42 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 40 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 18 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 3 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 5 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 27 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 15 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 23 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 33 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 19 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 31 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 4 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 0 | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 2 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 21 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 22 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 2 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 2 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 9 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 7 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 7 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 1 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 2 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 1 million | 22 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 27 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 31 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 24 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 21 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 2 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 7 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 1 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 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.
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