Congo - Kinshasa vs Uganda

Congo - Kinshasa vs Uganda: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa and 2 million TIV in Uganda, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 42 million TIV, or 22 times that in Uganda.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Congo - Kinshasa vs Uganda: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa and 2 million TIV in Uganda, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 42 million TIV, or 22 times that in Uganda.
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What the numbers say

  • Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Uganda.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearCongo - KinshasaUgandaWorld
202544 million2 million33.3 billion
202440 million–30.6 billion
202327 million16 million29.5 billion
2022–66 million33 billion
2021–8 million26.8 billion
20209 million79 million23.4 billion
2019–23 million26.9 billion
20181 million10 million27.3 billion
2017–22 million31.2 billion
201643 million1 million31.4 billion
20153 million7 million28.7 billion
2014–2 million27 billion
20131 million20 million27.4 billion
201215 million213 million27.9 billion
2011–468 million29.9 billion
2010156 million37 million25.8 billion
200937 million28 million24 billion
200818 million14 million24.1 billion
2007–026.5 billion
200624 million5 million24.4 billion
200526 million10 million21.3 billion
2004–36 million21.3 billion
2003––19.2 billion
200218 million33 million17.7 billion
200111 million–18.3 billion
200089 million6 million20.5 billion
199946 million39 million25.3 billion
199810 million55 million27.9 billion
19976 million–28.9 billion
199661 million–23.7 billion
1995032 million22.9 billion
1994––22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
19922 million–24.3 billion
1991––27.8 billion
19904 million–28.6 billion
1989–20 million31.7 billion
19881 million1 million32.9 billion
198736 million32 million36.2 billion
19861 million–35.5 billion
19851 million10 million33.2 billion
198416 million–36.8 billion
19835 million–39.1 billion
198215 million14 million41.4 billion
198112 million–42 billion
198010 million–37.4 billion
197915 million–33.3 billion
197838 million–39.2 billion
197728 million7 million37 billion
1976134 million34 million33 billion
1975445 million123 million34.2 billion
19749 million46 million32.9 billion
19735 million17 million32.6 billion
197215 million20 million28.7 billion
1971165 million3 million29.3 billion
197019 million3 million22.1 billion
196928 million16 million24.7 billion
19687 million27 million22.4 billion
196716 million4 million22.1 billion
196627 million16 million22.4 billion
196523 million1 million23.1 billion
196464 million3 million24.2 billion
196332 million–18.1 billion
196213 million–15.5 billion
19619 million–15 billion
19602 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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