Congo - Kinshasa vs Japan

Congo - Kinshasa vs Japan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa and 1.72 billion TIV in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 1.67 billion TIV, or 39 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Congo - Kinshasa vs Japan: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa and 1.72 billion TIV in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 1.67 billion TIV, or 39 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
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What the numbers say

  • Japan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
  • In 2025, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 58 and Japan ranked 5 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

YearCongo - KinshasaJapanWorld
202544 million1.72 billion33.3 billion
202440 million1.04 billion30.6 billion
202327 million852 million29.5 billion
2022–1.47 billion33 billion
2021–1.01 billion26.8 billion
20209 million929 million23.4 billion
2019–992 million26.9 billion
20181 million764 million27.3 billion
2017–446 million31.2 billion
201643 million332 million31.4 billion
20153 million343 million28.7 billion
2014–316 million27 billion
20131 million341 million27.4 billion
201215 million239 million27.9 billion
2011–300 million29.9 billion
2010156 million658 million25.8 billion
200937 million990 million24 billion
200818 million990 million24.1 billion
2007–553 million26.5 billion
200624 million469 million24.4 billion
200526 million375 million21.3 billion
2004–399 million21.3 billion
2003–458 million19.2 billion
200218 million442 million17.7 billion
200111 million427 million18.3 billion
200089 million497 million20.5 billion
199946 million1.26 billion25.3 billion
199810 million1.49 billion27.9 billion
19976 million843 million28.9 billion
199661 million876 million23.7 billion
199501.26 billion22.9 billion
1994–1.02 billion22.8 billion
1993–2.13 billion25.8 billion
19922 million2.52 billion24.3 billion
1991–2.94 billion27.8 billion
19904 million2.68 billion28.6 billion
1989–2.28 billion31.7 billion
19881 million2 billion32.9 billion
198736 million1.94 billion36.2 billion
19861 million1.89 billion35.5 billion
19851 million1.97 billion33.2 billion
198416 million2.05 billion36.8 billion
19835 million1.69 billion39.1 billion
198215 million1.44 billion41.4 billion
198112 million1.31 billion42 billion
198010 million1.03 billion37.4 billion
197915 million920 million33.3 billion
197838 million901 million39.2 billion
197728 million788 million37 billion
1976134 million1.48 billion33 billion
1975445 million1.6 billion34.2 billion
19749 million733 million32.9 billion
19735 million468 million32.6 billion
197215 million493 million28.7 billion
1971165 million605 million29.3 billion
197019 million502 million22.1 billion
196928 million488 million24.7 billion
19687 million557 million22.4 billion
196716 million610 million22.1 billion
196627 million324 million22.4 billion
196523 million1.16 billion23.1 billion
196464 million1.72 billion24.2 billion
196332 million239 million18.1 billion
196213 million263 million15.5 billion
19619 million335 million15 billion
19602 million790 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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