Argentina vs Colombia
Argentina vs Colombia: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 0.56% of GDP in Argentina and 3.2% of GDP in Colombia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Colombia, by 2.64 percentage points, or 5.69 times that in Argentina.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Colombia has been higher since 1988, when it overtook Argentina.
- In 2025, Argentina ranked 137 and Colombia ranked 21 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Argentina | Colombia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.56 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 0.65 | 3.31 |
| 2023 | 0.75 | 2.94 |
| 2022 | 0.68 | 2.8 |
| 2021 | 0.63 | 3.2 |
| 2020 | 0.73 | 3.53 |
| 2019 | 0.7 | 3.15 |
| 2018 | 0.73 | 3.03 |
| 2017 | 0.85 | 3.21 |
| 2016 | 0.81 | 3.07 |
| 2015 | 0.85 | 3.11 |
| 2014 | 0.88 | 3.11 |
| 2013 | 0.84 | 3.27 |
| 2012 | 0.78 | 3.16 |
| 2011 | 0.76 | 3.08 |
| 2010 | 0.81 | 3.64 |
| 2009 | 0.89 | 3.89 |
| 2008 | 0.76 | 3.74 |
| 2007 | 0.79 | 3.29 |
| 2006 | 0.79 | 3.3 |
| 2005 | 0.85 | 3.38 |
| 2004 | 0.88 | 3.47 |
| 2003 | 1.06 | 3.46 |
| 2002 | 1.09 | 3.42 |
| 2001 | 1.18 | 3.32 |
| 2000 | 1.15 | 3.03 |
| 1999 | 1.22 | 3.76 |
| 1998 | 1.14 | 3.44 |
| 1997 | 1.14 | 2.8 |
| 1996 | 1.24 | 4.45 |
| 1995 | 1.47 | 2.83 |
| 1994 | 1.46 | 2.51 |
| 1993 | 1.42 | 2.53 |
| 1992 | 1.42 | 2.11 |
| 1991 | 1.51 | 1.85 |
| 1990 | 1.45 | 1.86 |
| 1989 | 1.88 | 2.19 |
| 1988 | 2.13 | 2.2 |
| 1987 | 2.28 | 1.98 |
| 1986 | 2.31 | 1.95 |
| 1985 | 2.3 | 2.05 |
| 1984 | 2.16 | 2.33 |
| 1983 | 2.74 | 2.22 |
| 1982 | 2.71 | 1.71 |
| 1981 | 3.47 | 1.76 |
| 1980 | 3.1 | 1.83 |
| 1979 | 4.67 | 1.67 |
| 1978 | 4.72 | 1.55 |
| 1977 | 4.01 | 1.44 |
| 1976 | 3.78 | 1.49 |
| 1975 | 2.04 | 1.74 |
| 1974 | 1.66 | 1.58 |
| 1973 | 1.85 | 1.69 |
| 1972 | 1.82 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | 1.81 | 3.37 |
| 1970 | 1.88 | 2.26 |
| 1969 | 1.94 | 2.06 |
| 1968 | 1.69 | 2.39 |
| 1967 | 1.4 | 3.12 |
| 1966 | 1.17 | 3.17 |
| 1965 | 1.07 | 3.19 |
| 1964 | 1.15 | 3.18 |
| 1963 | 1.68 | 3.52 |
| 1962 | 2.66 | 3.1 |
| 1961 | 2.14 | 2.14 |
| 1960 | 1.55 | 1.88 |
| 1959 | 0.81 | 1.83 |
| 1958 | – | 2.36 |
| 1950 | 2.91 | – |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Argentina vs Colombia
Health
- Life expectancyArgentina: 77.4 years in 2023Colombia: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityArgentina: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Colombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityArgentina: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Colombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionArgentina: 3.67% in 2017Colombia: 2.2% in 2017
- Suicide rateArgentina: 10.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Colombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationArgentina: 45.5 million people in 2023Colombia: 52.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthArgentina: 0.35% a year in 2023Colombia: 1.1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateArgentina: 1.5 births per woman in 2023Colombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationArgentina: 92.4% in 2025Colombia: 78.8% in 2025
- Median ageArgentina: 32.1 years in 2023Colombia: 31.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overArgentina: 12.2% in 2023Colombia: 9.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateArgentina: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Colombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsArgentina: $3.73B in 2025Colombia: $13.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personArgentina: $85 in 2025Colombia: $273 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingArgentina: 1.8% of government spending in 2025Colombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelArgentina: 103,000 people in 2020Colombia: 428,000 people in 2020
- National powerArgentina: 0.45% of world capability in 2022Colombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersArgentina: 0.53% of the labour force in 2020Colombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsArgentina: 108 million TIV in 2025Colombia: 22 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsArgentina: 1 million TIV in 2011Colombia: 4 million TIV in 2020