Congo - Kinshasa vs Iran: Arms imports

Arms imports: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa in 2025 and 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Iran, by 2 million TIV, or 1.05 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Iran has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Congo - Kinshasa	Iran	World
2025	44 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	40 million	42 million	30.6 billion
2023	27 million	21 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	–	33 billion
2021	–	–	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	2 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	3 million	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	3 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	3 million	31.2 billion
2016	43 million	413 million	31.4 billion
2015	3 million	11 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	14 million	27 billion
2013	1 million	14 million	27.4 billion
2012	15 million	39 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	89 million	29.9 billion
2010	156 million	87 million	25.8 billion
2009	37 million	92 million	24 billion
2008	18 million	57 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	325 million	26.5 billion
2006	24 million	418 million	24.4 billion
2005	26 million	53 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	117 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	283 million	19.2 billion
2002	18 million	435 million	17.7 billion
2001	11 million	526 million	18.3 billion
2000	89 million	417 million	20.5 billion
1999	46 million	321 million	25.3 billion
1998	10 million	374 million	27.9 billion
1997	6 million	172 million	28.9 billion
1996	61 million	608 million	23.7 billion
1995	0	289 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	451 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	960 million	25.8 billion
1992	2 million	406 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	990 million	27.8 billion
1990	4 million	444 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	194 million	31.7 billion
1988	1 million	469 million	32.9 billion
1987	36 million	807 million	36.2 billion
1986	1 million	805 million	35.5 billion
1985	1 million	639 million	33.2 billion
1984	16 million	562 million	36.8 billion
1983	5 million	466 million	39.1 billion
1982	15 million	499 million	41.4 billion
1981	12 million	487 million	42 billion
1980	10 million	278 million	37.4 billion
1979	15 million	526 million	33.3 billion
1978	38 million	3.72 billion	39.2 billion
1977	28 million	5.48 billion	37 billion
1976	134 million	4.65 billion	33 billion
1975	445 million	5.23 billion	34.2 billion
1974	9 million	2.86 billion	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	2.05 billion	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	1.38 billion	28.7 billion
1971	165 million	2.1 billion	29.3 billion
1970	19 million	899 million	22.1 billion
1969	28 million	950 million	24.7 billion
1968	7 million	917 million	22.4 billion
1967	16 million	553 million	22.1 billion
1966	27 million	601 million	22.4 billion
1965	23 million	496 million	23.1 billion
1964	64 million	139 million	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	105 million	18.1 billion
1962	13 million	83 million	15.5 billion
1961	9 million	75 million	15 billion
1960	2 million	141 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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