Congo - Kinshasa vs United States: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa and 745 million TIV in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 701 million TIV, or 17 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United States has been higher since 1976, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
In 2025, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 58 and United States ranked 13 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 States	World
2025	44 million	745 million	33.3 billion
2024	40 million	1.05 billion	30.6 billion
2023	27 million	891 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	846 million	33 billion
2021	–	922 million	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	806 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	882 million	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	379 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	504 million	31.2 billion
2016	43 million	447 million	31.4 billion
2015	3 million	482 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	568 million	27 billion
2013	1 million	767 million	27.4 billion
2012	15 million	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	–	937 million	29.9 billion
2010	156 million	969 million	25.8 billion
2009	37 million	939 million	24 billion
2008	18 million	936 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	842 million	26.5 billion
2006	24 million	706 million	24.4 billion
2005	26 million	582 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	596 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	630 million	19.2 billion
2002	18 million	515 million	17.7 billion
2001	11 million	508 million	18.3 billion
2000	89 million	333 million	20.5 billion
1999	46 million	220 million	25.3 billion
1998	10 million	262 million	27.9 billion
1997	6 million	610 million	28.9 billion
1996	61 million	601 million	23.7 billion
1995	0	809 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	951 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	968 million	25.8 billion
1992	2 million	540 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	515 million	27.8 billion
1990	4 million	363 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	1.78 billion	31.7 billion
1988	1 million	1.79 billion	32.9 billion
1987	36 million	2 billion	36.2 billion
1986	1 million	424 million	35.5 billion
1985	1 million	655 million	33.2 billion
1984	16 million	381 million	36.8 billion
1983	5 million	463 million	39.1 billion
1982	15 million	248 million	41.4 billion
1981	12 million	531 million	42 billion
1980	10 million	380 million	37.4 billion
1979	15 million	253 million	33.3 billion
1978	38 million	369 million	39.2 billion
1977	28 million	384 million	37 billion
1976	134 million	499 million	33 billion
1975	445 million	388 million	34.2 billion
1974	9 million	586 million	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	656 million	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	769 million	28.7 billion
1971	165 million	578 million	29.3 billion
1970	19 million	38 million	22.1 billion
1969	28 million	50 million	24.7 billion
1968	7 million	62 million	22.4 billion
1967	16 million	88 million	22.1 billion
1966	27 million	89 million	22.4 billion
1965	23 million	170 million	23.1 billion
1964	64 million	358 million	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	283 million	18.1 billion
1962	13 million	236 million	15.5 billion
1961	9 million	198 million	15 billion
1960	2 million	181 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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