Congo - Brazzaville

Military share of state spending in Congo - Brazzaville

Military share of state spending in Congo - Brazzaville: 11.7% of government spending in 1992 and 6% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
6% of government spending
Since 1992
−5.7 percentage points
Rank, 2025
55 of 150
counting from the highest
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% of government spending · SIPRI

Military share of state spending in Congo - BrazzavilleMilitary share of state spending in Congo - Brazzaville: 11.7% of government spending in 1992 and 6% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 12.3% of government spending in 2020, the lowest 4.8% of government spending in 2013.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimateHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 12.3% of government spending in 2020, the lowest 4.8% of government spending in 2013.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearCongo - Brazzaville
20256
20245.7
20239.7
20228.4
202111.2
202012.3
201910.7
201811.1
201712
201611.8
20148.1
20134.8
20107.2
20087.4
20076.7
20065.9
20056.9
200410
20039
20026.6
20016.2
199311.1
199211.7
  • Estimate
  • Highly uncertain

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.
  • 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 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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