Congo - Brazzaville
Military spending in US dollars in Congo - Brazzaville
Military spending in US dollars in Congo - Brazzaville: $63.8M in 1970 and $190M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $190M
- Since 1970
- +$126M
- Rank, 2025
- 123 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $729M in 2014, the lowest $49.6M in 1972.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Congo - Brazzaville |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $190M |
| 2024 | $182M |
| 2023 | $294M |
| 2022 | $294M |
| 2021 | $317M |
| 2020 | $319M |
| 2019 | $333M |
| 2018 | $314M |
| 2017 | $427M |
| 2016 | $585M |
| 2014 | $729M |
| 2013 | $383M |
| 2010 | $255M |
| 2008 | $230M |
| 2007 | $209M |
| 2006 | $176M |
| 2005 | $151M |
| 2004 | $192M |
| 2003 | $163M |
| 2002 | $147M |
| 2001 | $124M |
| 1993 | $195M |
| 1992 | $220M |
| 1987 | $192M |
| 1985 | $166M |
| 1984 | $149M |
| 1982 | $176M |
| 1981 | $132M |
| 1980 | $93.3M |
| 1979 | $92.1M |
| 1978 | $76.2M |
| 1976 | $92.1M |
| 1975 | $86.6M |
| 1974 | $81.9M |
| 1973 | $64.7M |
| 1972 | $49.6M |
| 1971 | $64.2M |
| 1970 | $63.8M |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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 spending1.31% of GDP 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