Congo - Kinshasa vs Russia: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 1.38% of GDP in Congo - Kinshasa and 7.5% of GDP in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 6.13 percentage points, or 5.46 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Congo - KinshasaRussiaSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

Russia has been higher since 1996, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
In 2025, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 90 and Russia ranked 4 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

Year	Congo - Kinshasa	Russia
2025	1.38	7.5
2024	1.22	6.87
2023	1.12	5.27
2022	0.57	4.56
2021	0.53	3.6
2020	0.73	4.15
2019	0.69	3.85
2018	0.61	3.72
2017	0.74	4.25
2016	1.03	5.43
2015	1.22	4.87
2014	0.89	4.11
2013	1.07	3.85
2012	1.11	3.69
2011	0.9	3.43
2010	0.82	3.59
2009	0.65	3.92
2008	0.7	3.15
2007	1.11	3.12
2006	1.33	3.25
2005	1.31	3.33
2004	1.34	3.3
2003	0.88	3.67
2002	–	3.76
2001	–	3.55
2000	0.22	3.31
1999	1.16	3.07
1998	0.43	2.73
1997	1.41	4.04
1996	1.55	3.76
1995	–	3.78
1994	–	4.52
1993	5.23	4.18
1992	–	4.43
1979	0	–
1978	0	–
1977	0	–
1976	0	–
1975	0	–
1974	0	–
1973	0	–
1972	0	–
1971	0	–
1970	0	–
1969	0	–
1968	0	–
1966	0	–
1964	0	–

Estimate

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Good to know

What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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.

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Deaths in conflictsCongo - Kinshasa: 5,228 deaths in 2022Russia: 70 deaths in 2022