Congo - Kinshasa vs Philippines: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa and 846 million TIV in Philippines, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Philippines, by 802 million TIV, or 19 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Philippines has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
In 2025, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 58 and Philippines ranked 10 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	Philippines	World
2025	44 million	846 million	33.3 billion
2024	40 million	305 million	30.6 billion
2023	27 million	108 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	280 million	33 billion
2021	–	365 million	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	385 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	191 million	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	17 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	278 million	31.2 billion
2016	43 million	228 million	31.4 billion
2015	3 million	153 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	12 million	27 billion
2013	1 million	83 million	27.4 billion
2012	15 million	21 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	63 million	29.9 billion
2010	156 million	3 million	25.8 billion
2009	37 million	1 million	24 billion
2008	18 million	10 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	16 million	26.5 billion
2006	24 million	23 million	24.4 billion
2005	26 million	12 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	34 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	10 million	19.2 billion
2002	18 million	5 million	17.7 billion
2001	11 million	10 million	18.3 billion
2000	89 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	46 million	–	25.3 billion
1998	10 million	64 million	27.9 billion
1997	6 million	72 million	28.9 billion
1996	61 million	43 million	23.7 billion
1995	0	30 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	72 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	62 million	25.8 billion
1992	2 million	43 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	34 million	27.8 billion
1990	4 million	33 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	19 million	31.7 billion
1988	1 million	12 million	32.9 billion
1987	36 million	26 million	36.2 billion
1986	1 million	–	35.5 billion
1985	1 million	23 million	33.2 billion
1984	16 million	38 million	36.8 billion
1983	5 million	116 million	39.1 billion
1982	15 million	17 million	41.4 billion
1981	12 million	39 million	42 billion
1980	10 million	75 million	37.4 billion
1979	15 million	92 million	33.3 billion
1978	38 million	143 million	39.2 billion
1977	28 million	198 million	37 billion
1976	134 million	256 million	33 billion
1975	445 million	133 million	34.2 billion
1974	9 million	60 million	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	106 million	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	50 million	28.7 billion
1971	165 million	90 million	29.3 billion
1970	19 million	9 million	22.1 billion
1969	28 million	26 million	24.7 billion
1968	7 million	16 million	22.4 billion
1967	16 million	43 million	22.1 billion
1966	27 million	86 million	22.4 billion
1965	23 million	99 million	23.1 billion
1964	64 million	2 million	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	4 million	18.1 billion
1962	13 million	11 million	15.5 billion
1961	9 million	44 million	15 billion
1960	2 million	50 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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