Congo - Kinshasa vs Pakistan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa and 706 million TIV in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 662 million TIV, or 16 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Pakistan has been higher since 1976, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
In 2025, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 58 and Pakistan ranked 14 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

Year	Congo - Kinshasa	Pakistan	World
2025	44 million	706 million	33.3 billion
2024	40 million	1.07 billion	30.6 billion
2023	27 million	2.2 billion	29.5 billion
2022	–	1.53 billion	33 billion
2021	–	984 million	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	624 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	654 million	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	893 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	870 million	31.2 billion
2016	43 million	872 million	31.4 billion
2015	3 million	771 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	877 million	27 billion
2013	1 million	1.11 billion	27.4 billion
2012	15 million	1.02 billion	27.9 billion
2011	–	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	156 million	2.23 billion	25.8 billion
2009	37 million	1.2 billion	24 billion
2008	18 million	1.07 billion	24.1 billion
2007	–	693 million	26.5 billion
2006	24 million	324 million	24.4 billion
2005	26 million	427 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	471 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	645 million	19.2 billion
2002	18 million	566 million	17.7 billion
2001	11 million	412 million	18.3 billion
2000	89 million	175 million	20.5 billion
1999	46 million	867 million	25.3 billion
1998	10 million	699 million	27.9 billion
1997	6 million	691 million	28.9 billion
1996	61 million	506 million	23.7 billion
1995	0	368 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	862 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	992 million	25.8 billion
1992	2 million	352 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	511 million	27.8 billion
1990	4 million	635 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	974 million	31.7 billion
1988	1 million	412 million	32.9 billion
1987	36 million	617 million	36.2 billion
1986	1 million	280 million	35.5 billion
1985	1 million	751 million	33.2 billion
1984	16 million	863 million	36.8 billion
1983	5 million	784 million	39.1 billion
1982	15 million	544 million	41.4 billion
1981	12 million	491 million	42 billion
1980	10 million	900 million	37.4 billion
1979	15 million	697 million	33.3 billion
1978	38 million	655 million	39.2 billion
1977	28 million	271 million	37 billion
1976	134 million	276 million	33 billion
1975	445 million	223 million	34.2 billion
1974	9 million	225 million	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	177 million	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	664 million	28.7 billion
1971	165 million	553 million	29.3 billion
1970	19 million	422 million	22.1 billion
1969	28 million	542 million	24.7 billion
1968	7 million	415 million	22.4 billion
1967	16 million	151 million	22.1 billion
1966	27 million	592 million	22.4 billion
1965	23 million	222 million	23.1 billion
1964	64 million	96 million	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	225 million	18.1 billion
1962	13 million	84 million	15.5 billion
1961	9 million	41 million	15 billion
1960	2 million	46 million	15.7 billion

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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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