Congo - Kinshasa vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 133 million TIV, or 4.02 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Vietnam has been higher since 2001, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
In 2025, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 58 and Vietnam ranked 38 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	Vietnam	World
2025	44 million	177 million	33.3 billion
2024	40 million	58 million	30.6 billion
2023	27 million	45 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	86 million	33 billion
2021	–	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	38 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	166 million	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	604 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	783 million	31.2 billion
2016	43 million	924 million	31.4 billion
2015	3 million	869 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	1.23 billion	27 billion
2013	1 million	360 million	27.4 billion
2012	15 million	782 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	1.02 billion	29.9 billion
2010	156 million	161 million	25.8 billion
2009	37 million	61 million	24 billion
2008	18 million	186 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	24 million	42 million	24.4 billion
2005	26 million	221 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	299 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	18 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	11 million	97 million	18.3 billion
2000	89 million	11 million	20.5 billion
1999	46 million	168 million	25.3 billion
1998	10 million	209 million	27.9 billion
1997	6 million	111 million	28.9 billion
1996	61 million	214 million	23.7 billion
1995	0	273 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	–	22.8 billion
1993	–	–	25.8 billion
1992	2 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	–	–	27.8 billion
1990	4 million	116 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	128 million	31.7 billion
1988	1 million	65 million	32.9 billion
1987	36 million	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	1 million	78 million	35.5 billion
1985	1 million	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	16 million	557 million	36.8 billion
1983	5 million	916 million	39.1 billion
1982	15 million	532 million	41.4 billion
1981	12 million	1.07 billion	42 billion
1980	10 million	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	15 million	1.25 billion	33.3 billion
1978	38 million	227 million	39.2 billion
1977	28 million	42 million	37 billion
1976	134 million	42 million	33 billion
1975	445 million	493 million	34.2 billion
1974	9 million	859 million	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	1.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	1.32 billion	28.7 billion
1971	165 million	1.2 billion	29.3 billion
1970	19 million	1.21 billion	22.1 billion
1969	28 million	909 million	24.7 billion
1968	7 million	1.18 billion	22.4 billion
1967	16 million	1.1 billion	22.1 billion
1966	27 million	1.14 billion	22.4 billion
1965	23 million	651 million	23.1 billion
1964	64 million	266 million	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	107 million	18.1 billion
1962	13 million	47 million	15.5 billion
1961	9 million	95 million	15 billion
1960	2 million	103 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 2022Vietnam: 0 deaths in 2022