Congo - Kinshasa vs Sudan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa and 57 million TIV in Sudan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sudan, by 13 million TIV, or 1.3 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Sudan has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Congo - Kinshasa	Sudan	World
2025	44 million	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	40 million	50 million	30.6 billion
2023	27 million	6 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	3 million	33 billion
2021	–	–	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	–	20 million	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	35 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	66 million	31.2 billion
2016	43 million	110 million	31.4 billion
2015	3 million	136 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	70 million	27 billion
2013	1 million	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	15 million	119 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	191 million	29.9 billion
2010	156 million	196 million	25.8 billion
2009	37 million	100 million	24 billion
2008	18 million	120 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	58 million	26.5 billion
2006	24 million	112 million	24.4 billion
2005	26 million	113 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	294 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	205 million	19.2 billion
2002	18 million	50 million	17.7 billion
2001	11 million	106 million	18.3 billion
2000	89 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	46 million	36 million	25.3 billion
1998	10 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	6 million	63 million	28.9 billion
1996	61 million	27 million	23.7 billion
1995	0	3 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	–	22.8 billion
1993	–	–	25.8 billion
1992	2 million	6 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	46 million	27.8 billion
1990	4 million	4 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	16 million	31.7 billion
1988	1 million	77 million	32.9 billion
1987	36 million	122 million	36.2 billion
1986	1 million	10 million	35.5 billion
1985	1 million	66 million	33.2 billion
1984	16 million	106 million	36.8 billion
1983	5 million	25 million	39.1 billion
1982	15 million	90 million	41.4 billion
1981	12 million	203 million	42 billion
1980	10 million	3 million	37.4 billion
1979	15 million	46 million	33.3 billion
1978	38 million	208 million	39.2 billion
1977	28 million	29 million	37 billion
1976	134 million	–	33 billion
1975	445 million	5 million	34.2 billion
1974	9 million	3 million	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	23 million	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	69 million	28.7 billion
1971	165 million	87 million	29.3 billion
1970	19 million	598 million	22.1 billion
1969	28 million	177 million	24.7 billion
1968	7 million	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	16 million	6 million	22.1 billion
1966	27 million	10 million	22.4 billion
1965	23 million	5 million	23.1 billion
1964	64 million	36 million	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	17 million	18.1 billion
1962	13 million	34 million	15.5 billion
1961	9 million	17 million	15 billion
1960	2 million	6 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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