Congo - Kinshasa vs Rwanda

Congo - Kinshasa vs Rwanda: Arms imports

Arms imports: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa in 2025 and 37 million TIV in Rwanda in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Rwanda, by 10 million TIV, or 1.37 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Congo - Kinshasa vs Rwanda: Arms importsArms imports: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa in 2025 and 37 million TIV in Rwanda in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Rwanda, by 10 million TIV, or 1.37 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
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What the numbers say

  • Rwanda has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
  • The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearCongo - KinshasaRwandaWorld
202544 million–33.3 billion
202440 million–30.6 billion
202327 million37 million29.5 billion
2022–17 million33 billion
2021–65 million26.8 billion
20209 million–23.4 billion
2019–1 million26.9 billion
20181 million3 million27.3 billion
2017–8 million31.2 billion
201643 million–31.4 billion
20153 million29 million28.7 billion
2014–15 million27 billion
20131 million15 million27.4 billion
201215 million5 million27.9 billion
2011––29.9 billion
2010156 million–25.8 billion
200937 million11 million24 billion
200818 million14 million24.1 billion
2007–20 million26.5 billion
200624 million3 million24.4 billion
200526 million–21.3 billion
2004––21.3 billion
2003––19.2 billion
200218 million–17.7 billion
200111 million–18.3 billion
200089 million15 million20.5 billion
199946 million21 million25.3 billion
199810 million9 million27.9 billion
19976 million3 million28.9 billion
199661 million1 million23.7 billion
19950–22.9 billion
1994––22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
19922 million5 million24.3 billion
1991–5 million27.8 billion
19904 million3 million28.6 billion
1989–3 million31.7 billion
19881 million2 million32.9 billion
198736 million–36.2 billion
19861 million2 million35.5 billion
19851 million3 million33.2 billion
198416 million6 million36.8 billion
19835 million4 million39.1 billion
198215 million–41.4 billion
198112 million–42 billion
198010 million–37.4 billion
197915 million–33.3 billion
197838 million–39.2 billion
197728 million1 million37 billion
1976134 million–33 billion
1975445 million3 million34.2 billion
19749 million1 million32.9 billion
19735 million2 million32.6 billion
197215 million028.7 billion
1971165 million029.3 billion
197019 million–22.1 billion
196928 million–24.7 billion
19687 million–22.4 billion
196716 million–22.1 billion
196627 million–22.4 billion
196523 million023.1 billion
196464 million024.2 billion
196332 million–18.1 billion
196213 million11 million15.5 billion
19619 million–15 billion
19602 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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