Congo - Kinshasa
Military spending per person in Congo - Kinshasa
Military spending per person in Congo - Kinshasa: $6 in 1988 and $11 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $11
- Since 1988
- +$5
- Rank, 2025
- 136 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $12 in 1993, the lowest $1 in 1998.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Congo - Kinshasa |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $11 |
| 2024 | $8 |
| 2023 | $8 |
| 2022 | $4 |
| 2021 | $3 |
| 2020 | $4 |
| 2019 | $4 |
| 2018 | $3 |
| 2017 | $3 |
| 2016 | $5 |
| 2015 | $6 |
| 2014 | $4 |
| 2013 | $5 |
| 2012 | $5 |
| 2011 | $3 |
| 2010 | $3 |
| 2009 | $2 |
| 2008 | $3 |
| 2007 | $3 |
| 2006 | $3 |
| 2005 | $3 |
| 2004 | $2 |
| 2003 | $1 |
| 2000 | $3 |
| 1999 | $3 |
| 1998 | $1 |
| 1997 | $2 |
| 1996 | $2 |
| 1993 | $12 |
| 1992 | $2 |
| 1991 | $1 |
| 1990 | $1 |
| 1989 | $2 |
| 1988 | $6 |
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- 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 spending1.38% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.08B 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