Congo - Kinshasa vs Italy: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa and 566 million TIV in Italy, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 522 million TIV, or 13 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Italy has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
In 2025, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 58 and Italy ranked 18 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	Italy	World
2025	44 million	566 million	33.3 billion
2024	40 million	494 million	30.6 billion
2023	27 million	425 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	237 million	33 billion
2021	–	211 million	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	201 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	178 million	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	275 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	709 million	31.2 billion
2016	43 million	734 million	31.4 billion
2015	3 million	237 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	127 million	27 billion
2013	1 million	71 million	27.4 billion
2012	15 million	189 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	286 million	29.9 billion
2010	156 million	98 million	25.8 billion
2009	37 million	94 million	24 billion
2008	18 million	159 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	467 million	26.5 billion
2006	24 million	384 million	24.4 billion
2005	26 million	136 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	490 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	617 million	19.2 billion
2002	18 million	240 million	17.7 billion
2001	11 million	234 million	18.3 billion
2000	89 million	278 million	20.5 billion
1999	46 million	25 million	25.3 billion
1998	10 million	56 million	27.9 billion
1997	6 million	474 million	28.9 billion
1996	61 million	265 million	23.7 billion
1995	0	322 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	180 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	205 million	25.8 billion
1992	2 million	192 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	210 million	27.8 billion
1990	4 million	155 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	196 million	31.7 billion
1988	1 million	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	36 million	183 million	36.2 billion
1986	1 million	198 million	35.5 billion
1985	1 million	205 million	33.2 billion
1984	16 million	273 million	36.8 billion
1983	5 million	303 million	39.1 billion
1982	15 million	241 million	41.4 billion
1981	12 million	129 million	42 billion
1980	10 million	468 million	37.4 billion
1979	15 million	591 million	33.3 billion
1978	38 million	682 million	39.2 billion
1977	28 million	517 million	37 billion
1976	134 million	711 million	33 billion
1975	445 million	1.02 billion	34.2 billion
1974	9 million	1.12 billion	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	1.02 billion	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	1.77 billion	28.7 billion
1971	165 million	1.1 billion	29.3 billion
1970	19 million	685 million	22.1 billion
1969	28 million	611 million	24.7 billion
1968	7 million	196 million	22.4 billion
1967	16 million	107 million	22.1 billion
1966	27 million	412 million	22.4 billion
1965	23 million	736 million	23.1 billion
1964	64 million	1.14 billion	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	1.22 billion	18.1 billion
1962	13 million	886 million	15.5 billion
1961	9 million	427 million	15 billion
1960	2 million	409 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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