Congo - Kinshasa vs South Africa

Congo - Kinshasa vs South Africa: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa and 30 million TIV in South Africa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 14 million TIV, or 1.47 times that in South Africa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Congo - Kinshasa vs South Africa: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa and 30 million TIV in South Africa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 14 million TIV, or 1.47 times that in South Africa.
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What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearCongo - KinshasaSouth AfricaWorld
202544 million30 million33.3 billion
202440 million–30.6 billion
202327 million30 million29.5 billion
2022–30 million33 billion
2021––26.8 billion
20209 million–23.4 billion
2019––26.9 billion
20181 million–27.3 billion
2017––31.2 billion
201643 million–31.4 billion
20153 million2 million28.7 billion
2014–50 million27 billion
20131 million1 million27.4 billion
201215 million127 million27.9 billion
2011–208 million29.9 billion
2010156 million178 million25.8 billion
200937 million134 million24 billion
200818 million493 million24.1 billion
2007–910 million26.5 billion
200624 million741 million24.4 billion
200526 million262 million21.3 billion
2004––21.3 billion
2003––19.2 billion
200218 million–17.7 billion
200111 million18 million18.3 billion
200089 million6 million20.5 billion
199946 million21 million25.3 billion
199810 million–27.9 billion
19976 million11 million28.9 billion
199661 million38 million23.7 billion
1995038 million22.9 billion
1994–239 million22.8 billion
1993–238 million25.8 billion
19922 million361 million24.3 billion
1991–26 million27.8 billion
19904 million10 million28.6 billion
1989–11 million31.7 billion
19881 million17 million32.9 billion
198736 million20 million36.2 billion
19861 million191 million35.5 billion
19851 million25 million33.2 billion
198416 million100 million36.8 billion
19835 million192 million39.1 billion
198215 million44 million41.4 billion
198112 million122 million42 billion
198010 million192 million37.4 billion
197915 million125 million33.3 billion
197838 million389 million39.2 billion
197728 million500 million37 billion
1976134 million419 million33 billion
1975445 million235 million34.2 billion
19749 million177 million32.9 billion
19735 million369 million32.6 billion
197215 million291 million28.7 billion
1971165 million309 million29.3 billion
197019 million511 million22.1 billion
196928 million211 million24.7 billion
19687 million217 million22.4 billion
196716 million299 million22.1 billion
196627 million496 million22.4 billion
196523 million386 million23.1 billion
196464 million302 million24.2 billion
196332 million520 million18.1 billion
196213 million232 million15.5 billion
19619 million–15 billion
19602 million13 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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