Congo - Kinshasa vs Sweden: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa and 146 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by 102 million TIV, or 3.32 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Sweden has been higher since 2023, 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	Sweden	World
2025	44 million	146 million	33.3 billion
2024	40 million	56 million	30.6 billion
2023	27 million	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	318 million	33 billion
2021	–	110 million	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	3 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	7 million	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	7 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	32 million	31.2 billion
2016	43 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	3 million	24 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	48 million	27 billion
2013	1 million	58 million	27.4 billion
2012	15 million	202 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	185 million	29.9 billion
2010	156 million	–	25.8 billion
2009	37 million	15 million	24 billion
2008	18 million	52 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	51 million	26.5 billion
2006	24 million	121 million	24.4 billion
2005	26 million	78 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	18 million	74 million	17.7 billion
2001	11 million	165 million	18.3 billion
2000	89 million	196 million	20.5 billion
1999	46 million	224 million	25.3 billion
1998	10 million	294 million	27.9 billion
1997	6 million	196 million	28.9 billion
1996	61 million	98 million	23.7 billion
1995	0	106 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	307 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	46 million	25.8 billion
1992	2 million	60 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	55 million	27.8 billion
1990	4 million	94 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	127 million	31.7 billion
1988	1 million	152 million	32.9 billion
1987	36 million	125 million	36.2 billion
1986	1 million	118 million	35.5 billion
1985	1 million	84 million	33.2 billion
1984	16 million	108 million	36.8 billion
1983	5 million	106 million	39.1 billion
1982	15 million	153 million	41.4 billion
1981	12 million	495 million	42 billion
1980	10 million	291 million	37.4 billion
1979	15 million	233 million	33.3 billion
1978	38 million	229 million	39.2 billion
1977	28 million	114 million	37 billion
1976	134 million	214 million	33 billion
1975	445 million	292 million	34.2 billion
1974	9 million	256 million	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	231 million	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	196 million	28.7 billion
1971	165 million	160 million	29.3 billion
1970	19 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1969	28 million	172 million	24.7 billion
1968	7 million	189 million	22.4 billion
1967	16 million	318 million	22.1 billion
1966	27 million	299 million	22.4 billion
1965	23 million	324 million	23.1 billion
1964	64 million	400 million	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	335 million	18.1 billion
1962	13 million	177 million	15.5 billion
1961	9 million	165 million	15 billion
1960	2 million	227 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 2022Sweden: 0 deaths in 2022