Democratic Republic of Congo vs Switzerland: Arms imports

Democratic Republic of Congo
35.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
Switzerland
33.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2023
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
74th
Switzerland rank
75th

Arms imports over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Switzerland
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How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 35.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values against 33.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values in Switzerland, a difference of 2.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values.

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

The two have swapped places 12 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Switzerland ahead.

Globally, Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 74th and Switzerland ranks 75th 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.