Congo - Kinshasa vs South Korea: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa and 222 million TIV in South Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 178 million TIV, or 5.05 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

South Korea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
In 2025, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 58 and South Korea ranked 35 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Congo - Kinshasa	South Korea	World
2025	44 million	222 million	33.3 billion
2024	40 million	1.03 billion	30.6 billion
2023	27 million	218 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	423 million	33 billion
2021	–	812 million	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	1.27 billion	23.4 billion
2019	–	1.61 billion	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	1.03 billion	27.3 billion
2017	–	962 million	31.2 billion
2016	43 million	1.04 billion	31.4 billion
2015	3 million	268 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	742 million	27 billion
2013	1 million	189 million	27.4 billion
2012	15 million	1.08 billion	27.9 billion
2011	–	1.57 billion	29.9 billion
2010	156 million	1.3 billion	25.8 billion
2009	37 million	798 million	24 billion
2008	18 million	1.69 billion	24.1 billion
2007	–	1.73 billion	26.5 billion
2006	24 million	1.66 billion	24.4 billion
2005	26 million	801 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	1.06 billion	21.3 billion
2003	–	767 million	19.2 billion
2002	18 million	519 million	17.7 billion
2001	11 million	768 million	18.3 billion
2000	89 million	1.39 billion	20.5 billion
1999	46 million	1.64 billion	25.3 billion
1998	10 million	1.42 billion	27.9 billion
1997	6 million	1.22 billion	28.9 billion
1996	61 million	1.97 billion	23.7 billion
1995	0	1.95 billion	22.9 billion
1994	–	1.01 billion	22.8 billion
1993	–	1.01 billion	25.8 billion
1992	2 million	782 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	908 million	27.8 billion
1990	4 million	1.2 billion	28.6 billion
1989	–	1.84 billion	31.7 billion
1988	1 million	1.24 billion	32.9 billion
1987	36 million	773 million	36.2 billion
1986	1 million	857 million	35.5 billion
1985	1 million	760 million	33.2 billion
1984	16 million	524 million	36.8 billion
1983	5 million	496 million	39.1 billion
1982	15 million	673 million	41.4 billion
1981	12 million	872 million	42 billion
1980	10 million	877 million	37.4 billion
1979	15 million	1.32 billion	33.3 billion
1978	38 million	399 million	39.2 billion
1977	28 million	1.2 billion	37 billion
1976	134 million	556 million	33 billion
1975	445 million	661 million	34.2 billion
1974	9 million	458 million	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	269 million	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	413 million	28.7 billion
1971	165 million	250 million	29.3 billion
1970	19 million	100 million	22.1 billion
1969	28 million	586 million	24.7 billion
1968	7 million	359 million	22.4 billion
1967	16 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1966	27 million	578 million	22.4 billion
1965	23 million	632 million	23.1 billion
1964	64 million	332 million	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	214 million	18.1 billion
1962	13 million	65 million	15.5 billion
1961	9 million	113 million	15 billion
1960	2 million	122 million	15.7 billion

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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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Deaths in conflictsCongo - Kinshasa: 5,228 deaths in 2022South Korea: 0 deaths in 2022