Congo - Kinshasa vs Indonesia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa and 1.28 billion TIV in Indonesia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Indonesia, by 1.23 billion TIV, or 29 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Indonesia has been higher since 1976, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
In 2025, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 58 and Indonesia ranked 7 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	Indonesia	World
2025	44 million	1.28 billion	33.3 billion
2024	40 million	185 million	30.6 billion
2023	27 million	390 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	86 million	33 billion
2021	–	366 million	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	283 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	239 million	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	357 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	1.17 billion	31.2 billion
2016	43 million	352 million	31.4 billion
2015	3 million	438 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	1.2 billion	27 billion
2013	1 million	833 million	27.4 billion
2012	15 million	162 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	257 million	29.9 billion
2010	156 million	221 million	25.8 billion
2009	37 million	443 million	24 billion
2008	18 million	239 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	578 million	26.5 billion
2006	24 million	63 million	24.4 billion
2005	26 million	33 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	77 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	353 million	19.2 billion
2002	18 million	67 million	17.7 billion
2001	11 million	22 million	18.3 billion
2000	89 million	171 million	20.5 billion
1999	46 million	161 million	25.3 billion
1998	10 million	85 million	27.9 billion
1997	6 million	101 million	28.9 billion
1996	61 million	378 million	23.7 billion
1995	0	284 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	472 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	210 million	25.8 billion
1992	2 million	51 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	11 million	27.8 billion
1990	4 million	202 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	249 million	31.7 billion
1988	1 million	285 million	32.9 billion
1987	36 million	265 million	36.2 billion
1986	1 million	433 million	35.5 billion
1985	1 million	291 million	33.2 billion
1984	16 million	102 million	36.8 billion
1983	5 million	224 million	39.1 billion
1982	15 million	356 million	41.4 billion
1981	12 million	790 million	42 billion
1980	10 million	898 million	37.4 billion
1979	15 million	370 million	33.3 billion
1978	38 million	124 million	39.2 billion
1977	28 million	62 million	37 billion
1976	134 million	156 million	33 billion
1975	445 million	4 million	34.2 billion
1974	9 million	73 million	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	73 million	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	5 million	28.7 billion
1971	165 million	92 million	29.3 billion
1970	19 million	27 million	22.1 billion
1969	28 million	9 million	24.7 billion
1968	7 million	0	22.4 billion
1967	16 million	1 million	22.1 billion
1966	27 million	17 million	22.4 billion
1965	23 million	317 million	23.1 billion
1964	64 million	596 million	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	206 million	18.1 billion
1962	13 million	1.03 billion	15.5 billion
1961	9 million	780 million	15 billion
1960	2 million	448 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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