Congo - Kinshasa

Military share of state spending in Congo - Kinshasa

Military share of state spending in Congo - Kinshasa: 16.1% of government spending in 1996 and 8.1% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
8.1% of government spending
Since 1996
−7.9 percentage points
Rank, 2025
38 of 150
counting from the highest
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% of government spending · SIPRI

Military share of state spending in Congo - KinshasaMilitary share of state spending in Congo - Kinshasa: 16.1% of government spending in 1996 and 8.1% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 16.5% of government spending in 2004, the lowest 3.1% of government spending in 2022.
Estimates, SIPRI

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 16.5% of government spending in 2004, the lowest 3.1% of government spending in 2022.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearCongo - Kinshasa
20258.1
20247.2
20236.7
20223.1
20213.8
20205.8
20195.2
20185.2
20177.2
20167.4
20158
20146.9
20139
20128.3
20116.6
20105.4
20095.3
20086.9
200712.6
200615.7
200515.8
200416.5
20039.6
20008.8
199912.2
19983.5
199712.7
199616.1

Good to know

  • The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, by SIPRI’s count.
  • Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
  • Ranks count the 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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