Gabon vs Congo - Brazzaville
Gabon vs Congo - Brazzaville: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2024: 6 million TIV in Gabon and 9 million TIV in Congo - Brazzaville, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Congo - Brazzaville, by 3 million TIV, or 1.5 times that in Gabon.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Congo - Brazzaville has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Gabon.
- The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Gabon | Congo - Brazzaville | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 6 million | 9 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 16 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | – | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 2 million | 3 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | – | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 26 million | 3 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | – | 0 | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | – | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 3 million | – | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 5 million | 2 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 6 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 2 million | 35 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 1 million | 26 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 5 million | 5 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 27 million | 32 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 4 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 18 million | 0 | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 20 million | 1 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | 4 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 7 million | 7 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 8 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | 0 | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 2 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | 2 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 27 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 18 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 29 million | 44 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | 44 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 22 million | 28 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 10 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 8 million | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 3 million | 3 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 100 million | 25 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 11 million | 25 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 5 million | 11 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 36 million | 3 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 33 million | 17 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | 26 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 76 million | 35 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 28 million | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 47 million | 4 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 34 million | 2 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 11 million | 7 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 2 million | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | 2 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 24 million | 27 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 1 million | 9 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 4 million | 23 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 4 million | 1 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | 1 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 2 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 0 | 0 | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 3 million | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 0 | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 3 million | 1 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 1 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Gabon vs Congo - Brazzaville
Health
- Life expectancyGabon: 68.3 years in 2023Congo - Brazzaville: 65.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGabon: 3.3 per 100 live births in 2024Congo - Brazzaville: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGabon: 27.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Congo - Brazzaville: 28.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionGabon: 4.05% in 2017Congo - Brazzaville: 4.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateGabon: 12.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Congo - Brazzaville: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGabon: 2.49 million people in 2023Congo - Brazzaville: 6.18 million people in 2023
- Population growthGabon: 2.18% a year in 2023Congo - Brazzaville: 2.42% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGabon: 3.65 births per woman in 2023Congo - Brazzaville: 4.16 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGabon: 92.1% in 2025Congo - Brazzaville: 64.1% in 2025
- Median ageGabon: 21.5 years in 2023Congo - Brazzaville: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGabon: 4% in 2023Congo - Brazzaville: 2.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateGabon: 0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Congo - Brazzaville: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personGabon: $6,641 in 2025Congo - Brazzaville: $1,683 in 2025
- GDP growthGabon: 3.2% a year in 2025Congo - Brazzaville: 0.8% a year in 2022
- InflationGabon: 1.8% a year in 2025Congo - Brazzaville: 2.6% a year in 2025
- Government debtGabon: 84.2% of GDP in 2025Congo - Brazzaville: 100.4% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGabon: 1.66% of GDP in 2025Congo - Brazzaville: 1.31% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGabon: $337M in 2025Congo - Brazzaville: $190M in 2025
- Military spending per personGabon: $139 in 2025Congo - Brazzaville: $32 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGabon: 6.5% of government spending in 2025Congo - Brazzaville: 6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGabon: 7,000 people in 2020Congo - Brazzaville: 12,000 people in 2020
- National powerGabon: 0.02% of world capability in 2022Congo - Brazzaville: 0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGabon: 1% of the labour force in 2020Congo - Brazzaville: 0.55% of the labour force in 2020