Congo - Kinshasa vs Madagascar: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa and 3 million TIV in Madagascar, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 41 million TIV, or 15 times that in Madagascar.
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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo - Kinshasa | 44 million 2025 | 3 million | 58 of 110 |
| Madagascar | 3 million 2025 | — | 98 of 110 |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Madagascar.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Congo - Kinshasa | Madagascar | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 million | 3 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 40 million | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 27 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | – | 33 billion |
| 2021 | – | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 9 million | 1 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | – | 1 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 1 million | 2 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | – | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 43 million | – | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 3 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | – | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 1 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 15 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 156 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 37 million | – | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 18 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 24 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 26 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 18 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 11 million | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 89 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 46 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 10 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 6 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 61 million | 21 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 2 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 4 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 1 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 36 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 1 million | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 1 million | 6 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 16 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 5 million | 8 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 15 million | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 12 million | 1 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 10 million | 43 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 15 million | 64 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 38 million | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 28 million | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 134 million | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 445 million | 6 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 9 million | 17 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 5 million | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 15 million | 0 | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 165 million | 0 | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 19 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 28 million | 1 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 7 million | 1 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 16 million | 12 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 27 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 23 million | 8 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 64 million | 0 | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 32 million | 1 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 13 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 9 million | 3 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 2 million | – | 15.7 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.
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