Congo - Kinshasa vs Nigeria: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa and 21 million TIV in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 23 million TIV, or 2.1 times that in Nigeria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Nigeria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Congo - Kinshasa	Nigeria	World
2025	44 million	21 million	33.3 billion
2024	40 million	93 million	30.6 billion
2023	27 million	93 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	53 million	33 billion
2021	–	273 million	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	84 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	18 million	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	49 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	42 million	31.2 billion
2016	43 million	61 million	31.4 billion
2015	3 million	188 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	236 million	27 billion
2013	1 million	30 million	27.4 billion
2012	15 million	28 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	63 million	29.9 billion
2010	156 million	223 million	25.8 billion
2009	37 million	65 million	24 billion
2008	18 million	33 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	62 million	26.5 billion
2006	24 million	16 million	24.4 billion
2005	26 million	–	21.3 billion
2004	–	11 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	18 million	6 million	17.7 billion
2001	11 million	9 million	18.3 billion
2000	89 million	36 million	20.5 billion
1999	46 million	–	25.3 billion
1998	10 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	6 million	1 million	28.9 billion
1996	61 million	15 million	23.7 billion
1995	0	2 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	95 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	41 million	25.8 billion
1992	2 million	59 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	4 million	27.8 billion
1990	4 million	18 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	15 million	31.7 billion
1988	1 million	62 million	32.9 billion
1987	36 million	115 million	36.2 billion
1986	1 million	211 million	35.5 billion
1985	1 million	569 million	33.2 billion
1984	16 million	359 million	36.8 billion
1983	5 million	41 million	39.1 billion
1982	15 million	642 million	41.4 billion
1981	12 million	331 million	42 billion
1980	10 million	474 million	37.4 billion
1979	15 million	108 million	33.3 billion
1978	38 million	142 million	39.2 billion
1977	28 million	90 million	37 billion
1976	134 million	104 million	33 billion
1975	445 million	424 million	34.2 billion
1974	9 million	24 million	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	7 million	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	113 million	28.7 billion
1971	165 million	12 million	29.3 billion
1970	19 million	14 million	22.1 billion
1969	28 million	39 million	24.7 billion
1968	7 million	50 million	22.4 billion
1967	16 million	47 million	22.1 billion
1966	27 million	159 million	22.4 billion
1965	23 million	56 million	23.1 billion
1964	64 million	2 million	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	9 million	18.1 billion
1962	13 million	8 million	15.5 billion
1961	9 million	1 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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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