Congo - Kinshasa vs Türkiye: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa and 381 million TIV in Türkiye, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 337 million TIV, or 8.66 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Türkiye has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
In 2025, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 58 and Türkiye ranked 30 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	Türkiye	World
2025	44 million	381 million	33.3 billion
2024	40 million	381 million	30.6 billion
2023	27 million	679 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	187 million	33 billion
2021	–	249 million	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	110 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	742 million	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	476 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	427 million	31.2 billion
2016	43 million	324 million	31.4 billion
2015	3 million	446 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	1.53 billion	27 billion
2013	1 million	769 million	27.4 billion
2012	15 million	1.48 billion	27.9 billion
2011	–	794 million	29.9 billion
2010	156 million	469 million	25.8 billion
2009	37 million	714 million	24 billion
2008	18 million	623 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	675 million	26.5 billion
2006	24 million	524 million	24.4 billion
2005	26 million	1.08 billion	21.3 billion
2004	–	252 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	327 million	19.2 billion
2002	18 million	878 million	17.7 billion
2001	11 million	501 million	18.3 billion
2000	89 million	1.18 billion	20.5 billion
1999	46 million	1.73 billion	25.3 billion
1998	10 million	2.62 billion	27.9 billion
1997	6 million	1.51 billion	28.9 billion
1996	61 million	1.49 billion	23.7 billion
1995	0	1.56 billion	22.9 billion
1994	–	1.89 billion	22.8 billion
1993	–	2.33 billion	25.8 billion
1992	2 million	1.87 billion	24.3 billion
1991	–	1.29 billion	27.8 billion
1990	4 million	1.24 billion	28.6 billion
1989	–	1.03 billion	31.7 billion
1988	1 million	1.63 billion	32.9 billion
1987	36 million	1.43 billion	36.2 billion
1986	1 million	472 million	35.5 billion
1985	1 million	678 million	33.2 billion
1984	16 million	549 million	36.8 billion
1983	5 million	503 million	39.1 billion
1982	15 million	478 million	41.4 billion
1981	12 million	726 million	42 billion
1980	10 million	486 million	37.4 billion
1979	15 million	917 million	33.3 billion
1978	38 million	984 million	39.2 billion
1977	28 million	293 million	37 billion
1976	134 million	358 million	33 billion
1975	445 million	640 million	34.2 billion
1974	9 million	1.28 billion	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	790 million	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	1.09 billion	28.7 billion
1971	165 million	941 million	29.3 billion
1970	19 million	396 million	22.1 billion
1969	28 million	628 million	24.7 billion
1968	7 million	418 million	22.4 billion
1967	16 million	593 million	22.1 billion
1966	27 million	525 million	22.4 billion
1965	23 million	603 million	23.1 billion
1964	64 million	839 million	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	586 million	18.1 billion
1962	13 million	266 million	15.5 billion
1961	9 million	322 million	15 billion
1960	2 million	581 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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Deaths in conflictsCongo - Kinshasa: 5,228 deaths in 2022Türkiye: 128 deaths in 2022