Congo - Kinshasa vs Sudan
Congo - Kinshasa vs Sudan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $1.08B in Congo - Kinshasa in 2025 and $2.77B in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by $2.44B, or 8.3 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1963.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Congo - Kinshasa | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.08B | – |
| 2024 | $899M | – |
| 2023 | $763M | – |
| 2022 | $375M | – |
| 2021 | $334M | $2.77B |
| 2020 | $399M | $4.69B |
| 2019 | $386M | $8.08B |
| 2018 | $331M | $8.94B |
| 2017 | $385M | $17.5B |
| 2016 | $487M | $13.5B |
| 2015 | $572M | $12.9B |
| 2014 | $400M | – |
| 2013 | $442M | – |
| 2012 | $395M | – |
| 2011 | $286M | – |
| 2010 | $249M | – |
| 2009 | $183M | $27.2B |
| 2008 | $242M | $27.9B |
| 2007 | $338M | $23.1B |
| 2006 | $357M | $19.4B |
| 2005 | $329M | $16.5B |
| 2004 | $281M | $20.2B |
| 2003 | $169M | $7.18B |
| 2002 | – | $9.38B |
| 2001 | – | $9.02B |
| 2000 | $99.6M | $13.8B |
| 1999 | $134M | $10.7B |
| 1998 | $36.8M | $6B |
| 1997 | $122M | $2.21B |
| 1996 | $149M | $2.81B |
| 1995 | – | $3.96B |
| 1994 | – | $5.42B |
| 1993 | $431M | $7.32B |
| 1992 | $140M | $6.42B |
| 1991 | $73.5M | $7.41B |
| 1990 | $79.9M | $9.25B |
| 1989 | $113M | – |
| 1988 | $360M | $7.99B |
| 1987 | $48.8M | $7.31B |
| 1986 | $110M | $6.43B |
| 1985 | $79.6M | $7.55B |
| 1984 | $94.5M | $10.6B |
| 1983 | $75.8M | $9.28B |
| 1982 | $111M | $6.49B |
| 1981 | $56.5M | $5.94B |
| 1980 | $104M | $7.05B |
| 1979 | $118M | $6.12B |
| 1978 | $129M | $5.17B |
| 1977 | $148M | $7B |
| 1976 | $173M | $6.78B |
| 1975 | $283M | $4.6B |
| 1974 | $397M | $5.32B |
| 1973 | $278M | $6.81B |
| 1972 | $295M | $7.49B |
| 1971 | $370M | $8.67B |
| 1970 | $394M | $8.64B |
| 1969 | $301M | $7.22B |
| 1968 | $223M | $5.4B |
| 1967 | $215M | $4.4B |
| 1966 | $239M | $4.7B |
| 1965 | $279M | $5.35B |
| 1964 | $171M | $3.88B |
| 1963 | $124M | $2.71B |
| 1962 | – | $2.51B |
| 1961 | – | $2.1B |
| 1960 | – | $2.08B |
| 1959 | – | $1.85B |
| 1958 | – | $1.6B |
| 1957 | – | $1.69B |
| 1956 | – | $1.17B |
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Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Congo - Kinshasa vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyCongo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCongo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCongo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthCongo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCongo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCongo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageCongo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCongo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateCongo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending per personCongo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelCongo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerCongo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCongo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCongo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCongo - Kinshasa: 22 million TIV in 1997Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013