Congo - Kinshasa
Deaths in conflicts in Congo - Kinshasa
Deaths in conflicts in Congo - Kinshasa: 28 deaths in 1989 and 5,228 deaths in 2022, by UCDP estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- 5,228 deaths
- Since 1989
- +5,200 deaths
- Rank, 2022
- 4 of 198
- counting from the highest
deaths a year · UCDP
What the numbers say
- The highest was 33,060 deaths in 1996, the lowest 28 deaths in 1989.
Every year
deaths a year · UCDP
| Year | Congo - Kinshasa |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 5,228 |
| 2021 | 3,513 |
| 2020 | 3,841 |
| 2019 | 2,385 |
| 2018 | 2,938 |
| 2017 | 5,807 |
| 2016 | 2,142 |
| 2015 | 759 |
| 2014 | 1,948 |
| 2013 | 3,100 |
| 2012 | 1,630 |
| 2011 | 418 |
| 2010 | 1,063 |
| 2009 | 5,035 |
| 2008 | 1,697 |
| 2007 | 817 |
| 2006 | 323 |
| 2005 | 289 |
| 2004 | 661 |
| 2003 | 4,263 |
| 2002 | 8,012 |
| 2001 | 1,616 |
| 2000 | 2,968 |
| 1999 | 7,451 |
| 1998 | 7,456 |
| 1997 | 13,800 |
| 1996 | 33,060 |
| 1995 | 523 |
| 1994 | 333 |
| 1993 | 3,337 |
| 1992 | 67 |
| 1991 | 32 |
| 1990 | 147 |
| 1989 | 28 |
Good to know
- Soldiers and civilians killed in the year’s armed conflicts fought in the country, by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program’s best estimate.
- Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 198 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
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Congo - Kinshasa in numbers
Every measure for Congo - Kinshasa on one page
Health
People
Economy
Education
Politics
Military
- Military spending1.38% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.08B in 2025
- Military spending per person$11 in 2025
- Military share of state spending8.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel134,000 people in 2020
- National power0.59% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports44 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports22 million TIV in 1997