Congo - Brazzaville
Military spending in Congo - Brazzaville
Military spending in Congo - Brazzaville: 4.86% of GDP in 1970 and 1.31% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 1.31% of GDP
- Since 1970
- −3.55 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 95 of 151
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 4.95% of GDP in 1977, the lowest 1.23% of GDP in 2024.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Congo - Brazzaville |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.31 |
| 2024 | 1.23 |
| 2023 | 2.01 |
| 2022 | 1.91 |
| 2021 | 2.34 |
| 2020 | 2.6 |
| 2019 | 2.15 |
| 2018 | 1.98 |
| 2017 | 3.18 |
| 2016 | 4.6 |
| 2014 | 3.94 |
| 2013 | 2.04 |
| 2010 | 1.66 |
| 2008 | 1.79 |
| 2007 | 1.92 |
| 2006 | 1.57 |
| 2005 | 1.52 |
| 2004 | 2.44 |
| 2003 | 2.43 |
| 2002 | 2.12 |
| 2001 | 1.79 |
| 1993 | 3.65 |
| 1992 | 3.83 |
| 1987 | 4.37 |
| 1985 | 2.58 |
| 1984 | 2.25 |
| 1982 | 3.35 |
| 1981 | 3.19 |
| 1980 | 3.37 |
| 1979 | 4.39 |
| 1978 | 4.32 |
| 1977 | 4.95 |
| 1976 | 4.73 |
| 1975 | 4.5 |
| 1974 | 4.24 |
| 1973 | 4.22 |
| 1972 | 3.53 |
| 1971 | 4.6 |
| 1970 | 4.86 |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
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 - Brazzaville in numbers
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Military
- Military spending in US dollars$190M in 2025
- Military spending per person$32 in 2025
- Military share of state spending6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel12,000 people in 2020
- National power0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.55% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports9 million TIV in 2024