Argentina vs Colombia
Argentina vs Colombia: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $3.73B in Argentina and $13.7B in Colombia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Colombia, by $10B, or 3.68 times that in Argentina.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Colombia has been higher since 1998, when it overtook Argentina.
- In 2025, Argentina ranked 51 and Colombia ranked 29 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Argentina | Colombia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3.73B | $13.7B |
| 2024 | $4.18B | $13.9B |
| 2023 | $5.06B | $12.2B |
| 2022 | $4.62B | $12B |
| 2021 | $4.11B | $12.3B |
| 2020 | $4.17B | $11.8B |
| 2019 | $4.48B | $11.4B |
| 2018 | $4.92B | $10.6B |
| 2017 | $5.53B | $10.8B |
| 2016 | $5.1B | $10.1B |
| 2015 | $5.24B | $10.3B |
| 2014 | $5.29B | $10.2B |
| 2013 | $5.12B | $10.3B |
| 2012 | $4.57B | $9.5B |
| 2011 | $4.62B | $8.87B |
| 2010 | $4.69B | $9.53B |
| 2009 | $4.74B | $9.61B |
| 2008 | $4.4B | $9.14B |
| 2007 | $4.43B | $7.74B |
| 2006 | $4.09B | $7.29B |
| 2005 | $3.97B | $6.9B |
| 2004 | $3.78B | $6.77B |
| 2003 | $3.67B | $6.35B |
| 2002 | $3.57B | $6.04B |
| 2001 | $4.18B | $5.75B |
| 2000 | $4.25B | $5.23B |
| 1999 | $4.46B | $5.16B |
| 1998 | $4.33B | $4.84B |
| 1997 | $4.29B | $4.06B |
| 1996 | $4.36B | $6.31B |
| 1995 | $4.92B | $4.07B |
| 1994 | $5.02B | $3.49B |
| 1993 | $4.69B | $3.34B |
| 1992 | $4.97B | $2.59B |
| 1991 | $5.25B | $2.27B |
| 1990 | $5.23B | $2.29B |
| 1989 | $7.7B | $2.19B |
| 1988 | $9.47B | $2.15B |
| 1987 | $9.48B | $1.87B |
| 1986 | $9.5B | $1.74B |
| 1985 | $9.54B | $1.6B |
| 1984 | $10.3B | $1.74B |
| 1983 | $13.2B | $1.53B |
| 1982 | $11.5B | $1.16B |
| 1981 | $13.4B | $1.17B |
| 1980 | $12.6B | $1.24B |
| 1979 | $14.1B | $1.08B |
| 1978 | $13.6B | $952M |
| 1977 | $12.7B | $816M |
| 1976 | $12B | $843M |
| 1975 | $6.64B | $897M |
| 1974 | $5.23B | $797M |
| 1973 | $5.14B | $803M |
| 1972 | $4.9B | $883M |
| 1971 | $4.77B | $1.42B |
| 1970 | $4.62B | $900M |
| 1969 | $4.81B | $731M |
| 1968 | $3.94B | $789M |
| 1967 | $3.26B | $955M |
| 1966 | $2.93B | $931M |
| 1965 | $2.83B | $905M |
| 1964 | $2.94B | $858M |
| 1963 | $3.49B | $899M |
| 1962 | $3.43B | $787M |
| 1961 | $3.54B | $507M |
| 1960 | $2.91B | $424M |
| 1959 | $1.94B | $386M |
| 1958 | $3.45B | $469M |
| 1957 | $6.4B | – |
| 1956 | $3.61B | – |
| 1955 | $3.85B | – |
| 1954 | $3.82B | – |
| 1953 | $4B | – |
| 1952 | $3.07B | – |
| 1951 | $3.02B | – |
| 1950 | $4.45B | – |
| 1949 | $5.61B | – |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
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.
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 spendingArgentina: 0.56% of GDP in 2025Colombia: 3.2% of GDP 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