Congo - Kinshasa vs Zimbabwe

Congo - Kinshasa vs Zimbabwe: Arms imports

Arms imports: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa in 2025 and 20 million TIV in Zimbabwe in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 7 million TIV, or 1.35 times that in Zimbabwe.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Congo - Kinshasa vs Zimbabwe: Arms importsArms imports: 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa in 2025 and 20 million TIV in Zimbabwe in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 7 million TIV, or 1.35 times that in Zimbabwe.
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What the numbers say

  • Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Zimbabwe.
  • The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearCongo - KinshasaZimbabweWorld
202544 million–33.3 billion
202440 million–30.6 billion
202327 million20 million29.5 billion
2022––33 billion
2021––26.8 billion
20209 million–23.4 billion
2019––26.9 billion
20181 million–27.3 billion
2017––31.2 billion
201643 million–31.4 billion
20153 million–28.7 billion
2014––27 billion
20131 million–27.4 billion
201215 million–27.9 billion
2011––29.9 billion
2010156 million–25.8 billion
200937 million–24 billion
200818 million–24.1 billion
2007––26.5 billion
200624 million25 million24.4 billion
200526 million25 million21.3 billion
2004–14 million21.3 billion
2003–16 million19.2 billion
200218 million–17.7 billion
200111 million10 million18.3 billion
200089 million8 million20.5 billion
199946 million25 million25.3 billion
199810 million1 million27.9 billion
19976 million–28.9 billion
199661 million–23.7 billion
19950–22.9 billion
1994––22.8 billion
1993–025.8 billion
19922 million63 million24.3 billion
1991–47 million27.8 billion
19904 million2 million28.6 billion
1989––31.7 billion
19881 million2 million32.9 billion
198736 million29 million36.2 billion
19861 million212 million35.5 billion
19851 million28 million33.2 billion
198416 million33 million36.8 billion
19835 million34 million39.1 billion
198215 million81 million41.4 billion
198112 million15 million42 billion
198010 million–37.4 billion
197915 million–33.3 billion
197838 million16 million39.2 billion
197728 million4 million37 billion
1976134 million20 million33 billion
1975445 million42 million34.2 billion
19749 million2 million32.9 billion
19735 million032.6 billion
197215 million21 million28.7 billion
1971165 million5 million29.3 billion
197019 million–22.1 billion
196928 million–24.7 billion
19687 million–22.4 billion
196716 million21 million22.1 billion
196627 million–22.4 billion
196523 million–23.1 billion
196464 million–24.2 billion
196332 million20 million18.1 billion
196213 million16 million15.5 billion
19619 million–15 billion
19602 million15 million15.7 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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