Congo - Kinshasa vs Singapore
Congo - Kinshasa vs Singapore: Arms exports
Arms exports: 22 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa in 1997 and 79 million TIV in Singapore in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 1997 the value was higher in Singapore, by 24 million TIV, or 2.09 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Singapore has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1979.
- The world as a whole: 28.9 billion TIV in 1997.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Congo - Kinshasa | Singapore | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 79 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | – | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 11 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 36 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 72 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 24 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 77 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 80 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 12 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 7 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 79 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 17 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 32 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 35 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | – | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 65 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 4 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 12 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 11 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 23 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 22 million | 46 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 1 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 30 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 11 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 3 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 3 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 44 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 87 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 25 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 81 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 26 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 38 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 25 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 15 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 1 million | 72 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 29 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 17 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 2 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- 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 Singapore
Health
- Life expectancyCongo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023Singapore: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024Singapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Singapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6% in 2022Singapore: 100% in 2022
- DepressionCongo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017Singapore: 3.44% in 2017
- Suicide rateCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Singapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCongo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023Singapore: 5.79 million people in 2023
- Population growthCongo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023Singapore: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCongo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023Singapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCongo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025Singapore: 100% in 2025
- Median ageCongo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023Singapore: 35.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCongo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023Singapore: 13.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateCongo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Singapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personCongo - Kinshasa: $568 in 2025Singapore: $70,680 in 2025
- GDP growthCongo - Kinshasa: 8.5% a year in 2023Singapore: 5% a year in 2025
- InflationCongo - Kinshasa: 7.4% a year in 2025Singapore: 0.9% a year in 2025
- Government debtCongo - Kinshasa: 17.2% of GDP in 2023Singapore: 165.8% of GDP in 2024
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025Singapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCongo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025Singapore: $16.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personCongo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025Singapore: $2,980 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025Singapore: 18% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCongo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020Singapore: 59,000 people in 2020
- National powerCongo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022Singapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCongo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020Singapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCongo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025Singapore: 57 million TIV in 2025