Congo - Kinshasa vs Ireland

Congo - Kinshasa vs Ireland: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa and 14 million TIV in Ireland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 30 million TIV, or 3.14 times that in Ireland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Congo - Kinshasa vs Ireland: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa and 14 million TIV in Ireland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 30 million TIV, or 3.14 times that in Ireland.
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What the numbers say

  • Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Ireland.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearCongo - KinshasaIrelandWorld
202544 million14 million33.3 billion
202440 million–30.6 billion
202327 million63 million29.5 billion
2022–1 million33 billion
2021––26.8 billion
20209 million9 million23.4 billion
2019–35 million26.9 billion
20181 million5 million27.3 billion
2017–2 million31.2 billion
201643 million43 million31.4 billion
20153 million43 million28.7 billion
2014–40 million27 billion
20131 million–27.4 billion
201215 million–27.9 billion
2011––29.9 billion
2010156 million4 million25.8 billion
200937 million–24 billion
200818 million38 million24.1 billion
2007–26 million26.5 billion
200624 million13 million24.4 billion
200526 million5 million21.3 billion
2004–27 million21.3 billion
2003––19.2 billion
200218 million21 million17.7 billion
200111 million44 million18.3 billion
200089 million020.5 billion
199946 million35 million25.3 billion
199810 million3 million27.9 billion
19976 million–28.9 billion
199661 million–23.7 billion
19950–22.9 billion
1994–41 million22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
19922 million–24.3 billion
1991–11 million27.8 billion
19904 million–28.6 billion
1989––31.7 billion
19881 million24 million32.9 billion
198736 million–36.2 billion
19861 million38 million35.5 billion
19851 million2 million33.2 billion
198416 million11 million36.8 billion
19835 million–39.1 billion
198215 million3 million41.4 billion
198112 million12 million42 billion
198010 million44 million37.4 billion
197915 million26 million33.3 billion
197838 million28 million39.2 billion
197728 million5 million37 billion
1976134 million–33 billion
1975445 million9 million34.2 billion
19749 million6 million32.9 billion
19735 million8 million32.6 billion
197215 million27 million28.7 billion
1971165 million14 million29.3 billion
197019 million–22.1 billion
196928 million–24.7 billion
19687 million–22.4 billion
196716 million–22.1 billion
196627 million–22.4 billion
196523 million–23.1 billion
196464 million12 million24.2 billion
196332 million2 million18.1 billion
196213 million–15.5 billion
19619 million–15 billion
19602 million1 million15.7 billion

Each country on its own

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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