Congo - Kinshasa vs Côte d’Ivoire: Military share of state spending

Military share of state spending in 2025: 8.1% of government spending in Congo - Kinshasa and 3.8% of government spending in Côte d’Ivoire, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 4.4 percentage points, or 2.17 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.

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% of government spending · SIPRI

Congo - KinshasaCôte d’IvoireSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Côte d’Ivoire.
In 2025, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 38 and Côte d’Ivoire ranked 111 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

Year	Congo - Kinshasa	Côte d’Ivoire
2025	8.1	3.8
2024	7.2	3.7
2023	6.7	4
2022	3.1	3.9
2021	3.8	4.3
2020	5.8	4.7
2019	5.2	5.2
2018	5.2	5.9
2017	7.2	5.3
2016	7.4	7.1
2015	8	7.5
2014	6.9	7
2013	9	6.3
2012	8.3	6.8
2011	6.6	7.6
2010	5.4	7.8
2009	5.3	8.7
2008	6.9	7.6
2007	12.6	7.8
2006	15.7	7.5
2005	15.8	7.8
2004	16.5	8.1
2003	9.6	7.9
2000	8.8	–
1999	12.2	–
1998	3.5	–
1997	12.7	3.8
1996	16.1	–

Estimate

Each country on its own

Good to know

The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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Congo - Kinshasa vs Côte d’Ivoire

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Deaths in conflictsCongo - Kinshasa: 5,228 deaths in 2022Côte d’Ivoire: 0 deaths in 2022