Congo - Kinshasa vs South Korea

Congo - Kinshasa vs South Korea: Arms exports

Arms exports: 22 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa in 1997 and 2.02 billion TIV in South Korea in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 1997 the value was higher in South Korea, by 3 million TIV, or 1.14 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Congo - Kinshasa vs South Korea: Arms exportsArms exports: 22 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa in 1997 and 2.02 billion TIV in South Korea in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 1997 the value was higher in South Korea, by 3 million TIV, or 1.14 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
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What the numbers say

  • South Korea 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

YearCongo - KinshasaSouth KoreaWorld
2025–2.02 billion33.5 billion
2024–1.1 billion30.7 billion
2023–675 million29.5 billion
2022–231 million33.3 billion
2021–536 million27.1 billion
2020–829 million24.1 billion
2019–675 million27 billion
2018–1.05 billion27.4 billion
2017–700 million31.3 billion
2016–435 million31.5 billion
2015–92 million28.7 billion
2014–218 million27.1 billion
2013–350 million27.4 billion
2012–203 million27.9 billion
2011–328 million29.9 billion
2010–177 million25.8 billion
2009–224 million24.4 billion
2008–110 million24.1 billion
2007–278 million26.5 billion
2006–158 million24.5 billion
2005–109 million21.4 billion
2004–74 million21.3 billion
2003–96 million19.2 billion
2002––17.7 billion
2001–230 million18.5 billion
2000–36 million20.5 billion
1999––25.4 billion
1998–32 million27.9 billion
199722 million25 million28.9 billion
1996–24 million23.7 billion
1995–30 million22.9 billion
1994–7 million23 billion
1993–62 million25.8 billion
1992––24.3 billion
1991–118 million28.2 billion
1990–72 million30.2 billion
1989–48 million34.9 billion
1988–54 million36.8 billion
1987––39.4 billion
1986–73 million39 billion
1985–28 million38.2 billion
1984–126 million41.6 billion
1983––43.9 billion
1982–65 million46.2 billion
1981–130 million45.8 billion
1980–105 million42.2 billion
19791 million105 million38.4 billion
1978––42.4 billion
1977––40 billion
1976––36 billion
1975––37.2 billion
1974––36.6 billion
1973––36.3 billion
1972–141 million34.5 billion
1971––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

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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.

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