Congo - Kinshasa vs United Kingdom: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 565 million TIV, or 14 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher since 1976, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
In 2025, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 58 and United Kingdom ranked 16 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	United Kingdom	World
2025	44 million	609 million	33.3 billion
2024	40 million	486 million	30.6 billion
2023	27 million	469 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	859 million	33 billion
2021	–	886 million	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	635 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	402 million	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	463 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	1 billion	31.2 billion
2016	43 million	288 million	31.4 billion
2015	3 million	424 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	217 million	27 billion
2013	1 million	509 million	27.4 billion
2012	15 million	566 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	347 million	29.9 billion
2010	156 million	461 million	25.8 billion
2009	37 million	381 million	24 billion
2008	18 million	575 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	817 million	26.5 billion
2006	24 million	375 million	24.4 billion
2005	26 million	31 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	212 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	770 million	19.2 billion
2002	18 million	721 million	17.7 billion
2001	11 million	1.29 billion	18.3 billion
2000	89 million	937 million	20.5 billion
1999	46 million	132 million	25.3 billion
1998	10 million	770 million	27.9 billion
1997	6 million	513 million	28.9 billion
1996	61 million	568 million	23.7 billion
1995	0	496 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	421 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	796 million	25.8 billion
1992	2 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	–	953 million	27.8 billion
1990	4 million	130 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	209 million	31.7 billion
1988	1 million	285 million	32.9 billion
1987	36 million	207 million	36.2 billion
1986	1 million	273 million	35.5 billion
1985	1 million	355 million	33.2 billion
1984	16 million	682 million	36.8 billion
1983	5 million	292 million	39.1 billion
1982	15 million	766 million	41.4 billion
1981	12 million	812 million	42 billion
1980	10 million	557 million	37.4 billion
1979	15 million	232 million	33.3 billion
1978	38 million	191 million	39.2 billion
1977	28 million	262 million	37 billion
1976	134 million	251 million	33 billion
1975	445 million	337 million	34.2 billion
1974	9 million	319 million	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	239 million	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	222 million	28.7 billion
1971	165 million	176 million	29.3 billion
1970	19 million	70 million	22.1 billion
1969	28 million	2.7 billion	24.7 billion
1968	7 million	2.35 billion	22.4 billion
1967	16 million	1.44 billion	22.1 billion
1966	27 million	242 million	22.4 billion
1965	23 million	166 million	23.1 billion
1964	64 million	133 million	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	159 million	18.1 billion
1962	13 million	38 million	15.5 billion
1961	9 million	34 million	15 billion
1960	2 million	26 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 2022United Kingdom: 0 deaths in 2022