Congo - Kinshasa vs Israel: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa and 537 million TIV in Israel, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 493 million TIV, or 12 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Israel has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
In 2025, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 58 and Israel ranked 20 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	Israel	World
2025	44 million	537 million	33.3 billion
2024	40 million	237 million	30.6 billion
2023	27 million	863 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	833 million	33 billion
2021	–	458 million	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	379 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	516 million	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	491 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	565 million	31.2 billion
2016	43 million	652 million	31.4 billion
2015	3 million	694 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	549 million	27 billion
2013	1 million	160 million	27.4 billion
2012	15 million	137 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	86 million	29.9 billion
2010	156 million	76 million	25.8 billion
2009	37 million	162 million	24 billion
2008	18 million	680 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	840 million	26.5 billion
2006	24 million	1.13 billion	24.4 billion
2005	26 million	1.1 billion	21.3 billion
2004	–	846 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	189 million	19.2 billion
2002	18 million	350 million	17.7 billion
2001	11 million	116 million	18.3 billion
2000	89 million	389 million	20.5 billion
1999	46 million	1.28 billion	25.3 billion
1998	10 million	1.3 billion	27.9 billion
1997	6 million	67 million	28.9 billion
1996	61 million	105 million	23.7 billion
1995	0	372 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	767 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	716 million	25.8 billion
1992	2 million	1.34 billion	24.3 billion
1991	–	1.21 billion	27.8 billion
1990	4 million	81 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	24 million	31.7 billion
1988	1 million	582 million	32.9 billion
1987	36 million	1.08 billion	36.2 billion
1986	1 million	1.18 billion	35.5 billion
1985	1 million	295 million	33.2 billion
1984	16 million	270 million	36.8 billion
1983	5 million	475 million	39.1 billion
1982	15 million	866 million	41.4 billion
1981	12 million	1.66 billion	42 billion
1980	10 million	1.25 billion	37.4 billion
1979	15 million	709 million	33.3 billion
1978	38 million	1.22 billion	39.2 billion
1977	28 million	1.23 billion	37 billion
1976	134 million	2 billion	33 billion
1975	445 million	1.18 billion	34.2 billion
1974	9 million	1.03 billion	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	2.18 billion	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	963 million	28.7 billion
1971	165 million	1.41 billion	29.3 billion
1970	19 million	1.19 billion	22.1 billion
1969	28 million	1.37 billion	24.7 billion
1968	7 million	926 million	22.4 billion
1967	16 million	229 million	22.1 billion
1966	27 million	460 million	22.4 billion
1965	23 million	447 million	23.1 billion
1964	64 million	415 million	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	368 million	18.1 billion
1962	13 million	279 million	15.5 billion
1961	9 million	88 million	15 billion
1960	2 million	164 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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