Democratic Republic of Congo vs Uganda: Military spending

Democratic Republic of Congo
1.08 billion constant 2024 US$
in 2025
Uganda
1.20 billion constant 2024 US$
in 2025
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
86th
Uganda rank
84th

Military spending over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Uganda
0250.0M500.0M750.0M1.0B1.2B196219932025

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 1.20 billion constant 2024 US$ against 1.08 billion constant 2024 US$ in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 115.82 million constant 2024 US$.

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

The two have swapped places 11 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 86th and Uganda ranks 84th of 162 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Military spending
Unit
constant 2024 US$
Source
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
162 places, 8,341 data points, 1949–2025
Last refreshed

This data is expressed in US dollars. It is adjusted for inflation but does not account for differences in the cost of living between countries.