Congo - Kinshasa vs Somalia

Congo - Kinshasa vs Somalia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa and 2 million TIV in Somalia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 42 million TIV, or 22 times that in Somalia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Congo - Kinshasa vs Somalia: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa and 2 million TIV in Somalia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 42 million TIV, or 22 times that in Somalia.
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What the numbers say

  • Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2015, when it overtook Somalia.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearCongo - KinshasaSomaliaWorld
202544 million2 million33.3 billion
202440 million4 million30.6 billion
202327 million4 million29.5 billion
2022––33 billion
2021–2 million26.8 billion
20209 million2 million23.4 billion
2019–8 million26.9 billion
20181 million–27.3 billion
2017–2 million31.2 billion
201643 million2 million31.4 billion
20153 million1 million28.7 billion
2014––27 billion
20131 million3 million27.4 billion
201215 million–27.9 billion
2011––29.9 billion
2010156 million–25.8 billion
200937 million–24 billion
200818 million–24.1 billion
2007––26.5 billion
200624 million–24.4 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 million–20.5 billion
199946 million1 million25.3 billion
199810 million–27.9 billion
19976 million–28.9 billion
199661 million–23.7 billion
19950–22.9 billion
1994––22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
19922 million–24.3 billion
1991––27.8 billion
19904 million16 million28.6 billion
1989––31.7 billion
19881 million–32.9 billion
198736 million–36.2 billion
19861 million15 million35.5 billion
19851 million42 million33.2 billion
198416 million15 million36.8 billion
19835 million23 million39.1 billion
198215 million61 million41.4 billion
198112 million97 million42 billion
198010 million101 million37.4 billion
197915 million90 million33.3 billion
197838 million57 million39.2 billion
197728 million29 million37 billion
1976134 million185 million33 billion
1975445 million128 million34.2 billion
19749 million283 million32.9 billion
19735 million165 million32.6 billion
197215 million24 million28.7 billion
1971165 million–29.3 billion
197019 million–22.1 billion
196928 million1 million24.7 billion
19687 million4 million22.4 billion
196716 million72 million22.1 billion
196627 million53 million22.4 billion
196523 million31 million23.1 billion
196464 million–24.2 billion
196332 million11 million18.1 billion
196213 million015.5 billion
19619 million2 million15 billion
19602 million11 million15.7 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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