Congo - Kinshasa vs South Sudan

Congo - Kinshasa vs South Sudan: Arms imports

Arms imports: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa in 2025 and 10 million TIV in South Sudan in 2022, by SIPRI estimates. In 2016 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 35 million TIV, or 5.38 times that in South Sudan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Congo - Kinshasa vs South Sudan: Arms importsArms imports: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa in 2025 and 10 million TIV in South Sudan in 2022, by SIPRI estimates. In 2016 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 35 million TIV, or 5.38 times that in South Sudan.
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What the numbers say

  • Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2016, when it overtook South Sudan.
  • The world as a whole: 31.4 billion TIV in 2016.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearCongo - KinshasaSouth SudanWorld
202544 million–33.3 billion
202440 million–30.6 billion
202327 million–29.5 billion
2022–10 million33 billion
2021–8 million26.8 billion
20209 million–23.4 billion
2019––26.9 billion
20181 million–27.3 billion
2017––31.2 billion
201643 million8 million31.4 billion
20153 million19 million28.7 billion
2014–41 million27 billion
20131 million13 million27.4 billion
201215 million2 million27.9 billion
2011–65 million29.9 billion
2010156 million2 million25.8 billion
200937 million1 million24 billion
200818 million44 million24.1 billion
2007–37 million26.5 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 million–25.3 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 million–28.6 billion
1989––31.7 billion
19881 million–32.9 billion
198736 million–36.2 billion
19861 million–35.5 billion
19851 million–33.2 billion
198416 million–36.8 billion
19835 million–39.1 billion
198215 million–41.4 billion
198112 million–42 billion
198010 million–37.4 billion
197915 million–33.3 billion
197838 million–39.2 billion
197728 million–37 billion
1976134 million–33 billion
1975445 million–34.2 billion
19749 million–32.9 billion
19735 million–32.6 billion
197215 million–28.7 billion
1971165 million–29.3 billion
197019 million–22.1 billion
196928 million–24.7 billion
19687 million–22.4 billion
196716 million–22.1 billion
196627 million–22.4 billion
196523 million–23.1 billion
196464 million–24.2 billion
196332 million–18.1 billion
196213 million–15.5 billion
19619 million–15 billion
19602 million–15.7 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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