Congo - Kinshasa vs Malawi

Congo - Kinshasa vs Malawi: Arms imports

Arms imports: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa in 2025 and 2 million TIV in Malawi in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 38 million TIV, or 20 times that in Malawi.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Congo - Kinshasa vs Malawi: Arms importsArms imports: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa in 2025 and 2 million TIV in Malawi in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 38 million TIV, or 20 times that in Malawi.
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What the numbers say

  • Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2016.
  • The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearCongo - KinshasaMalawiWorld
202544 million–33.3 billion
202440 million2 million30.6 billion
202327 million–29.5 billion
2022–19 million33 billion
2021––26.8 billion
20209 million–23.4 billion
2019––26.9 billion
20181 million–27.3 billion
2017––31.2 billion
201643 million031.4 billion
20153 million3 million28.7 billion
2014–2 million27 billion
20131 million3 million27.4 billion
201215 million1 million27.9 billion
2011––29.9 billion
2010156 million–25.8 billion
200937 million–24 billion
200818 million3 million24.1 billion
2007––26.5 billion
200624 million–24.4 billion
200526 million–21.3 billion
2004––21.3 billion
2003––19.2 billion
200218 million–17.7 billion
200111 million–18.3 billion
200089 million–20.5 billion
199946 million–25.3 billion
199810 million–27.9 billion
19976 million–28.9 billion
199661 million–23.7 billion
19950–22.9 billion
1994–4 million22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
19922 million–24.3 billion
1991––27.8 billion
19904 million11 million28.6 billion
1989–4 million31.7 billion
19881 million2 million32.9 billion
198736 million1 million36.2 billion
19861 million10 million35.5 billion
19851 million7 million33.2 billion
198416 million1 million36.8 billion
19835 million–39.1 billion
198215 million–41.4 billion
198112 million14 million42 billion
198010 million14 million37.4 billion
197915 million8 million33.3 billion
197838 million7 million39.2 billion
197728 million6 million37 billion
1976134 million2 million33 billion
1975445 million–34.2 billion
19749 million–32.9 billion
19735 million–32.6 billion
197215 million028.7 billion
1971165 million–29.3 billion
197019 million–22.1 billion
196928 million–24.7 billion
19687 million–22.4 billion
196716 million–22.1 billion
196627 million–22.4 billion
196523 million–23.1 billion
196464 million5 million24.2 billion
196332 million–18.1 billion
196213 million–15.5 billion
19619 million–15 billion
19602 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.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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