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Democratic Republic of Congo vs Rwanda: Arms imports

Democratic Republic of Congo
35.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
Rwanda
37.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2023
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
74th
Rwanda rank
72nd

Arms imports over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Rwanda
0100.0M200.0M300.0M400.0M196019922024

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 37.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values against 35.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 2.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.1 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Globally, Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 74th and Rwanda ranks 72nd of 172 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)
Unit
SIPRI trend indicator values
Source
Arms Transfers Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
217 places, 9,420 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Arms transfers (imports) cover the volume of transfers of major arms through sales and gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships. Figures are SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIVs). A '0' indicates that the volume of deliveries is between 0 and 0.5 million SIPRI TIV.