Congo - Kinshasa vs Nigeria
Congo - Kinshasa vs Nigeria: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $1.08B in Congo - Kinshasa and $1.76B in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nigeria, by $674M, or 1.62 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Nigeria has been higher since 1967, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
- In 2025, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 79 and Nigeria ranked 66 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Congo - Kinshasa | Nigeria |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.08B | $1.76B |
| 2024 | $899M | $1.14B |
| 2023 | $763M | $1.78B |
| 2022 | $375M | $1.48B |
| 2021 | $334M | $2.38B |
| 2020 | $399M | $1.52B |
| 2019 | $386M | $1.18B |
| 2018 | $331M | $1.29B |
| 2017 | $385M | $1.09B |
| 2016 | $487M | $1.14B |
| 2015 | $572M | $1.18B |
| 2014 | $400M | $1.21B |
| 2013 | $442M | $1.33B |
| 2012 | $395M | $1.39B |
| 2011 | $286M | $1.58B |
| 2010 | $249M | $1.41B |
| 2009 | $183M | $1.21B |
| 2008 | $242M | $1.16B |
| 2007 | $338M | $825M |
| 2006 | $357M | $711M |
| 2005 | $329M | $682M |
| 2004 | $281M | $772M |
| 2003 | $169M | $793M |
| 2002 | – | $1.29B |
| 2001 | – | $853M |
| 2000 | $99.6M | $599M |
| 1999 | $134M | $776M |
| 1998 | $36.8M | $458M |
| 1997 | $122M | $359M |
| 1996 | $149M | $334M |
| 1995 | – | $394M |
| 1994 | – | $342M |
| 1993 | $431M | $487M |
| 1992 | $140M | $360M |
| 1991 | $73.5M | $419M |
| 1990 | $79.9M | $437M |
| 1989 | $113M | $264M |
| 1988 | $360M | $389M |
| 1987 | $48.8M | $396M |
| 1986 | $110M | $494M |
| 1985 | $79.6M | $561M |
| 1984 | $94.5M | $574M |
| 1983 | $75.8M | $859M |
| 1982 | $111M | $998M |
| 1981 | $56.5M | $1.28B |
| 1980 | $104M | $1.93B |
| 1979 | $118M | $2.38B |
| 1978 | $129M | $2.75B |
| 1977 | $148M | $3.53B |
| 1976 | $173M | $3.33B |
| 1975 | $283M | $4.66B |
| 1974 | $397M | $2.85B |
| 1973 | $278M | $2.53B |
| 1972 | $295M | $2.36B |
| 1971 | $370M | $1.87B |
| 1970 | $394M | $2.26B |
| 1969 | $301M | $2.65B |
| 1968 | $223M | $1.58B |
| 1967 | $215M | $1.02B |
| 1966 | $239M | $228M |
| 1965 | $279M | $296M |
| 1964 | $171M | $254M |
| 1963 | $124M | $214M |
| 1962 | – | $177M |
| 1961 | – | $136M |
| 1960 | – | $120M |
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Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Congo - Kinshasa vs Nigeria
Health
- Life expectancyCongo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023Nigeria: 54.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024Nigeria: 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Nigeria: 69.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6% in 2022Nigeria: 29% in 2022
- DepressionCongo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017Nigeria: 3.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Nigeria: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCongo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023Nigeria: 228 million people in 2023
- Population growthCongo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023Nigeria: 2.1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCongo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023Nigeria: 4.48 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCongo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025Nigeria: 63.8% in 2025
- Median ageCongo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023Nigeria: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCongo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023Nigeria: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateCongo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Nigeria: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025Nigeria: 0.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personCongo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025Nigeria: $9 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025Nigeria: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCongo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020Nigeria: 223,000 people in 2020
- National powerCongo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022Nigeria: 1.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCongo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020Nigeria: 0.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCongo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025Nigeria: 21 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCongo - Kinshasa: 22 million TIV in 1997Nigeria: 4 million TIV in 2022