Congo - Kinshasa vs Zambia

Congo - Kinshasa vs Zambia: Arms imports

Arms imports: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa in 2025 and 1 million TIV in Zambia in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 39 million TIV, or 40 times that in Zambia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Congo - Kinshasa vs Zambia: Arms importsArms imports: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa in 2025 and 1 million TIV in Zambia in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 39 million TIV, or 40 times that in Zambia.
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What the numbers say

  • Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Zambia.
  • The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearCongo - KinshasaZambiaWorld
202544 million–33.3 billion
202440 million1 million30.6 billion
202327 million5 million29.5 billion
2022–2 million33 billion
2021–20 million26.8 billion
20209 million3 million23.4 billion
2019–43 million26.9 billion
20181 million–27.3 billion
2017–46 million31.2 billion
201643 million44 million31.4 billion
20153 million15 million28.7 billion
2014––27 billion
20131 million–27.4 billion
201215 million61 million27.9 billion
2011–1 million29.9 billion
2010156 million–25.8 billion
200937 million–24 billion
200818 million2 million24.1 billion
2007–5 million26.5 billion
200624 million30 million24.4 billion
200526 million021.3 billion
2004––21.3 billion
2003––19.2 billion
200218 million2 million17.7 billion
200111 million–18.3 billion
200089 million43 million20.5 billion
199946 million–25.3 billion
199810 million–27.9 billion
19976 million–28.9 billion
199661 million8 million23.7 billion
19950–22.9 billion
1994––22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
19922 million–24.3 billion
1991––27.8 billion
19904 million–28.6 billion
1989––31.7 billion
19881 million–32.9 billion
198736 million–36.2 billion
19861 million–35.5 billion
19851 million–33.2 billion
198416 million18 million36.8 billion
19835 million–39.1 billion
198215 million43 million41.4 billion
198112 million253 million42 billion
198010 million136 million37.4 billion
197915 million4 million33.3 billion
197838 million42 million39.2 billion
197728 million41 million37 billion
1976134 million109 million33 billion
1975445 million48 million34.2 billion
19749 million9 million32.9 billion
19735 million19 million32.6 billion
197215 million29 million28.7 billion
1971165 million165 million29.3 billion
197019 million4 million22.1 billion
196928 million7 million24.7 billion
19687 million–22.4 billion
196716 million–22.1 billion
196627 million17 million22.4 billion
196523 million16 million23.1 billion
196464 million7 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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