Congo - Kinshasa vs Israel
Congo - Kinshasa vs Israel: Arms exports
Arms exports: 22 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa in 1997 and 2.62 billion TIV in Israel in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 1997 the value was higher in Israel, by 249 million TIV, or 12 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1979.
- The world as a whole: 28.9 billion TIV in 1997.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Congo - Kinshasa | Israel | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 2.62 billion | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 1.16 billion | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 1.27 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 1.03 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 687 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 356 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 385 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 1.14 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 1.22 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 1.26 billion | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 573 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 408 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 414 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 482 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 590 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 695 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 819 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 389 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 613 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 451 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 521 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 599 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 418 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 532 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 467 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 407 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 177 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 227 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 22 million | 271 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 335 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 206 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 337 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 416 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 354 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 157 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 73 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 190 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 63 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 130 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 333 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 202 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 202 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 364 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 261 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 196 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 241 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 1 million | 188 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 222 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 201 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 80 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 109 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 43 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 18 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 35 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 27 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 21 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 48 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 55 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 45 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 46 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | 34 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | 5 million | 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Congo - Kinshasa vs Israel
Health
- Life expectancyCongo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023Israel: 82.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024Israel: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Israel: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6% in 2022Israel: 99.5% in 2022
- DepressionCongo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017Israel: 3.83% in 2017
- Suicide rateCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Israel: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCongo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023Israel: 9.26 million people in 2023
- Population growthCongo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023Israel: 1.42% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCongo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023Israel: 2.83 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCongo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025Israel: 91.6% in 2025
- Median ageCongo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023Israel: 29.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCongo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023Israel: 12.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateCongo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Israel: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025Israel: 7.81% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCongo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025Israel: $43.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personCongo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025Israel: $5,108 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025Israel: 17.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCongo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020Israel: 178,000 people in 2020
- National powerCongo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022Israel: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCongo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020Israel: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCongo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025Israel: 537 million TIV in 2025