Congo - Kinshasa vs Senegal
Congo - Kinshasa vs Senegal: Arms imports
Arms imports: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa in 2025 and 79 million TIV in Senegal in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Senegal, by 39 million TIV, or 1.98 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Senegal has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
- The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Congo - Kinshasa | Senegal | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 40 million | 79 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 27 million | 172 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 28 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | – | 21 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 9 million | 22 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | – | 40 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 1 million | 15 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | 48 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 43 million | 40 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 3 million | 24 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 9 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 1 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 15 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 16 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 156 million | 4 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 37 million | 6 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 18 million | 6 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 12 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 24 million | 15 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 26 million | 16 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 18 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 11 million | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 89 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 46 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 10 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 6 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 61 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 0 | 6 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 1 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 2 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 4 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 1 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 36 million | 18 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 1 million | 14 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 1 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 16 million | 4 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 5 million | 38 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 15 million | 7 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 12 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 10 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 15 million | 29 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 38 million | 20 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 28 million | 41 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 134 million | 15 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 445 million | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 9 million | 17 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 5 million | 1 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 15 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 165 million | 12 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 19 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 28 million | 38 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 7 million | 1 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 16 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 27 million | 2 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 23 million | 0 | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 64 million | 4 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 32 million | 0 | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 13 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 9 million | 8 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 2 million | 0 | 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Congo - Kinshasa vs Senegal
Health
- Life expectancyCongo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023Senegal: 68.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024Senegal: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Senegal: 24.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6% in 2022Senegal: 26.7% in 2022
- DepressionCongo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017Senegal: 3.37% in 2017
- Suicide rateCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Senegal: 12.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCongo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023Senegal: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthCongo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023Senegal: 2.33% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCongo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023Senegal: 3.82 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCongo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025Senegal: 55.8% in 2025
- Median ageCongo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023Senegal: 19.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCongo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023Senegal: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateCongo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Senegal: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025Senegal: 1.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCongo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025Senegal: $533M in 2025
- Military spending per personCongo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025Senegal: $30 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025Senegal: 5.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCongo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020Senegal: 19,000 people in 2020
- National powerCongo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022Senegal: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCongo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020Senegal: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsCongo - Kinshasa: 22 million TIV in 1997Senegal: 3 million TIV in 1976