Congo - Kinshasa vs Thailand: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa and 33 million TIV in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 11 million TIV, or 1.33 times that in Thailand.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Thailand.
In 2025, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 58 and Thailand ranked 60 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	Thailand	World
2025	44 million	33 million	33.3 billion
2024	40 million	73 million	30.6 billion
2023	27 million	290 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	271 million	33 billion
2021	–	151 million	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	141 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	293 million	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	636 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	317 million	31.2 billion
2016	43 million	346 million	31.4 billion
2015	3 million	184 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	107 million	27 billion
2013	1 million	383 million	27.4 billion
2012	15 million	278 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	252 million	29.9 billion
2010	156 million	60 million	25.8 billion
2009	37 million	63 million	24 billion
2008	18 million	16 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	24 million	99 million	24.4 billion
2005	26 million	115 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	138 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	131 million	19.2 billion
2002	18 million	152 million	17.7 billion
2001	11 million	109 million	18.3 billion
2000	89 million	77 million	20.5 billion
1999	46 million	160 million	25.3 billion
1998	10 million	62 million	27.9 billion
1997	6 million	910 million	28.9 billion
1996	61 million	741 million	23.7 billion
1995	0	530 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	608 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	182 million	25.8 billion
1992	2 million	429 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	575 million	27.8 billion
1990	4 million	235 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	284 million	31.7 billion
1988	1 million	623 million	32.9 billion
1987	36 million	539 million	36.2 billion
1986	1 million	162 million	35.5 billion
1985	1 million	185 million	33.2 billion
1984	16 million	360 million	36.8 billion
1983	5 million	247 million	39.1 billion
1982	15 million	81 million	41.4 billion
1981	12 million	350 million	42 billion
1980	10 million	318 million	37.4 billion
1979	15 million	326 million	33.3 billion
1978	38 million	192 million	39.2 billion
1977	28 million	111 million	37 billion
1976	134 million	154 million	33 billion
1975	445 million	90 million	34.2 billion
1974	9 million	114 million	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	321 million	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	147 million	28.7 billion
1971	165 million	243 million	29.3 billion
1970	19 million	258 million	22.1 billion
1969	28 million	121 million	24.7 billion
1968	7 million	88 million	22.4 billion
1967	16 million	140 million	22.1 billion
1966	27 million	58 million	22.4 billion
1965	23 million	87 million	23.1 billion
1964	64 million	84 million	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	111 million	18.1 billion
1962	13 million	113 million	15.5 billion
1961	9 million	52 million	15 billion
1960	2 million	28 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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