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

Military spending in Congo - BrazzavilleMilitary spending in Congo - Brazzaville: 4.86% of GDP in 1970 and 1.31% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 4.95% of GDP in 1977, the lowest 1.23% of GDP in 2024.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimateHighly uncertain

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

YearCongo - Brazzaville
20251.31
20241.23
20232.01
20221.91
20212.34
20202.6
20192.15
20181.98
20173.18
20164.6
20143.94
20132.04
20101.66
20081.79
20071.92
20061.57
20051.52
20042.44
20032.43
20022.12
20011.79
19933.65
19923.83
19874.37
19852.58
19842.25
19823.35
19813.19
19803.37
19794.39
19784.32
19774.95
19764.73
19754.5
19744.24
19734.22
19723.53
19714.6
19704.86
  • 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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