Congo - Kinshasa vs Iran: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 1.38% of GDP in Congo - Kinshasa and 2.09% of GDP in Iran, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Iran, by 0.72 percentage points, or 1.52 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
Congo - KinshasaIran
Watch it change on the map% of GDP · SIPRI
Latest figures
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo - Kinshasa | 1.38 2025 | 1.22 | 90 of 151 |
| Iran | 2.09 2025 | 2.56 | 54 of 151 |
What the numbers say
- Iran has been higher since 1996, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
- In 2025, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 90 and Iran ranked 54 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Congo - Kinshasa | Iran |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.38 | 2.09 |
| 2024 | 1.22 | 2.22 |
| 2023 | 1.12 | 2.49 |
| 2022 | 0.57 | 2.24 |
| 2021 | 0.53 | 2.32 |
| 2020 | 0.73 | 2.18 |
| 2019 | 0.69 | 2.15 |
| 2018 | 0.61 | 2.36 |
| 2017 | 0.74 | 2.84 |
| 2016 | 1.03 | 2.8 |
| 2015 | 1.22 | 2.56 |
| 2014 | 0.89 | 2.12 |
| 2013 | 1.07 | 2.18 |
| 2012 | 1.11 | 2.69 |
| 2011 | 0.9 | 2.38 |
| 2010 | 0.82 | 2.79 |
| 2009 | 0.65 | 3.05 |
| 2008 | 0.7 | 2.68 |
| 2007 | 1.11 | 2.65 |
| 2006 | 1.33 | 3.32 |
| 2005 | 1.31 | 3.04 |
| 2004 | 1.34 | 2.84 |
| 2003 | 0.88 | 2.41 |
| 2002 | – | 2.18 |
| 2001 | – | 2.42 |
| 2000 | 0.22 | 2.3 |
| 1999 | 1.16 | 2.41 |
| 1998 | 0.43 | 2.63 |
| 1997 | 1.41 | 2.5 |
| 1996 | 1.55 | 2.25 |
| 1995 | – | 2.15 |
| 1994 | – | 2.07 |
| 1993 | 5.23 | 1.7 |
| 1992 | – | 1.79 |
| 1991 | – | 2.17 |
| 1990 | – | 2.94 |
| 1989 | – | 4.56 |
| 1988 | – | 6.27 |
| 1987 | – | 5.89 |
| 1986 | – | 6.08 |
| 1985 | – | 6.51 |
| 1984 | – | 6.36 |
| 1983 | – | 7.1 |
| 1982 | – | 7.91 |
| 1981 | – | 8.19 |
| 1980 | – | 5.34 |
| 1979 | 0 | 5.8 |
| 1978 | 0 | 11.11 |
| 1977 | 0 | 10.19 |
| 1976 | 0 | 11.25 |
| 1975 | 0 | 12.07 |
| 1974 | 0 | 8.75 |
| 1973 | 0 | 1.87 |
| 1972 | 0 | 2.28 |
| 1971 | 0 | 3.05 |
| 1970 | 0 | 5.86 |
| 1969 | 0 | 5.97 |
| 1968 | 0 | 5.18 |
| 1967 | – | 4.46 |
| 1966 | 0 | 3.82 |
| 1965 | – | 3.25 |
| 1964 | 0 | 2.88 |
| 1963 | – | 2.59 |
| 1962 | – | 2.31 |
| 1961 | – | 2.35 |
| 1960 | – | 2.3 |
- 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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