Congo - Kinshasa vs Somalia
Congo - Kinshasa vs Somalia: National power
National power in 2022: 0.59% of world capability in Congo - Kinshasa and 0.13% of world capability in Somalia, by Correlates of War estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 0.46 percentage points, or 4.65 times that in Somalia.
% of world capability · Correlates of War
What the numbers say
- Congo - Kinshasa has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- In 2022, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 31 and Somalia ranked 82 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of world capability · Correlates of War
| Year | Congo - Kinshasa | Somalia |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.59 | 0.13 |
| 2021 | 0.59 | 0.13 |
| 2020 | 0.58 | 0.13 |
| 2019 | 0.57 | 0.13 |
| 2018 | 0.56 | 0.12 |
| 2017 | 0.55 | 0.12 |
| 2016 | 0.5 | 0.09 |
| 2015 | 0.49 | 0.09 |
| 2014 | 0.48 | 0.09 |
| 2013 | 0.47 | 0.08 |
| 2012 | 0.48 | 0.07 |
| 2011 | 0.47 | 0.07 |
| 2010 | 0.45 | 0.06 |
| 2009 | 0.45 | 0.05 |
| 2008 | 0.43 | 0.07 |
| 2007 | 0.35 | 0.07 |
| 2006 | 0.35 | 0.06 |
| 2005 | 0.35 | 0.06 |
| 2004 | 0.36 | 0.07 |
| 2003 | 0.36 | 0.06 |
| 2002 | 0.41 | 0.06 |
| 2001 | 0.35 | 0.05 |
| 2000 | 0.33 | 0.08 |
| 1999 | 0.32 | 0.08 |
| 1998 | 0.32 | 0.05 |
| 1997 | 0.3 | 0.05 |
| 1996 | 0.31 | 0.05 |
| 1995 | 0.3 | 0.05 |
| 1994 | 0.29 | 0.06 |
| 1993 | 0.29 | 0.05 |
| 1992 | 0.34 | 0.05 |
| 1991 | 0.28 | 0.05 |
| 1990 | 0.26 | 0.07 |
| 1989 | 0.26 | 0.07 |
| 1988 | 0.26 | 0.07 |
| 1987 | 0.26 | 0.07 |
| 1986 | 0.25 | 0.07 |
| 1985 | 0.26 | 0.07 |
| 1984 | 0.26 | 0.07 |
| 1983 | 0.25 | 0.07 |
| 1982 | 0.25 | 0.07 |
| 1981 | 0.25 | 0.07 |
| 1980 | 0.24 | 0.07 |
| 1979 | 0.23 | 0.07 |
| 1978 | 0.25 | 0.07 |
| 1977 | 0.25 | 0.07 |
| 1976 | 0.25 | 0.05 |
| 1975 | 0.25 | 0.05 |
| 1974 | 0.27 | 0.05 |
| 1973 | 0.26 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 0.25 | 0.05 |
| 1971 | 0.24 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 0.23 | 0.04 |
| 1969 | 0.22 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 0.19 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 0.18 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 0.17 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 0.16 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 0.15 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 0.15 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 0.14 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 0.13 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 0.13 | 0.03 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
- Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Congo - Kinshasa vs Somalia
Health
- Life expectancyCongo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023Somalia: 58.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024Somalia: 10.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Somalia: 66.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCongo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017Somalia: 3.79% in 2017
- Suicide rateCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Somalia: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCongo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023Somalia: 18.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthCongo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023Somalia: 3.57% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCongo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023Somalia: 6.13 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCongo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025Somalia: 55.1% in 2025
- Median ageCongo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023Somalia: 15.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCongo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023Somalia: 2.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateCongo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Somalia: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025Somalia: 1.54% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCongo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025Somalia: $193M in 2025
- Military spending per personCongo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025Somalia: $10 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025Somalia: 20.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCongo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020Somalia: 14,000 people in 2020
- Armed forces, share of workersCongo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020Somalia: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCongo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025Somalia: 2 million TIV in 2025