Congo - Kinshasa

Military spending in Congo - Kinshasa

Military spending in Congo - Kinshasa: 0% of GDP in 1964 and 1.38% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
1.38% of GDP
Since 1964
+1.37 percentage points
Rank, 2025
90 of 151
counting from the highest

% of GDP · SIPRI

Military spending in Congo - KinshasaMilitary spending in Congo - Kinshasa: 0% of GDP in 1964 and 1.38% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 5.23% of GDP in 1993, the lowest 0% of GDP in 1979.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 5.23% of GDP in 1993, the lowest 0% of GDP in 1979.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearCongo - Kinshasa
20251.38
20241.22
20231.12
20220.57
20210.53
20200.73
20190.69
20180.61
20170.74
20161.03
20151.22
20140.89
20131.07
20121.11
20110.9
20100.82
20090.65
20080.7
20071.11
20061.33
20051.31
20041.34
20030.88
20000.22
19991.16
19980.43
19971.41
19961.55
19935.23
19790
19780
19770
19760
19750
19740
19730
19720
19710
19700
19690
19680
19660
19640
  • Estimate

Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
  • Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
  • Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
  • Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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