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
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
| Year | Congo - Kinshasa |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.38 |
| 2024 | 1.22 |
| 2023 | 1.12 |
| 2022 | 0.57 |
| 2021 | 0.53 |
| 2020 | 0.73 |
| 2019 | 0.69 |
| 2018 | 0.61 |
| 2017 | 0.74 |
| 2016 | 1.03 |
| 2015 | 1.22 |
| 2014 | 0.89 |
| 2013 | 1.07 |
| 2012 | 1.11 |
| 2011 | 0.9 |
| 2010 | 0.82 |
| 2009 | 0.65 |
| 2008 | 0.7 |
| 2007 | 1.11 |
| 2006 | 1.33 |
| 2005 | 1.31 |
| 2004 | 1.34 |
| 2003 | 0.88 |
| 2000 | 0.22 |
| 1999 | 1.16 |
| 1998 | 0.43 |
| 1997 | 1.41 |
| 1996 | 1.55 |
| 1993 | 5.23 |
| 1979 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 |
| 1976 | 0 |
| 1975 | 0 |
| 1974 | 0 |
| 1973 | 0 |
| 1972 | 0 |
| 1971 | 0 |
| 1970 | 0 |
| 1969 | 0 |
| 1968 | 0 |
| 1966 | 0 |
| 1964 | 0 |
- 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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Congo - Kinshasa in numbers
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Military
- 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