Australia vs Colombia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 826 million TIV in Australia and 22 million TIV in Colombia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 804 million TIV, or 38 times that in Colombia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Australia has been higher since 1998, when it overtook Colombia.
In 2025, Australia ranked 11 and Colombia ranked 71 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Australia	Colombia	World
2025	826 million	22 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.08 billion	12 million	30.6 billion
2023	376 million	3 million	29.5 billion
2022	809 million	50 million	33 billion
2021	1.22 billion	45 million	26.8 billion
2020	1.63 billion	80 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.16 billion	22 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.55 billion	16 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.66 billion	91 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.01 billion	18 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.45 billion	193 million	28.7 billion
2014	848 million	170 million	27 billion
2013	220 million	173 million	27.4 billion
2012	787 million	200 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.58 billion	145 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.56 billion	259 million	25.8 billion
2009	805 million	263 million	24 billion
2008	430 million	110 million	24.1 billion
2007	618 million	237 million	26.5 billion
2006	721 million	54 million	24.4 billion
2005	458 million	18 million	21.3 billion
2004	447 million	18 million	21.3 billion
2003	765 million	145 million	19.2 billion
2002	638 million	173 million	17.7 billion
2001	1.22 billion	268 million	18.3 billion
2000	326 million	68 million	20.5 billion
1999	678 million	44 million	25.3 billion
1998	542 million	160 million	27.9 billion
1997	35 million	193 million	28.9 billion
1996	597 million	49 million	23.7 billion
1995	64 million	35 million	22.9 billion
1994	262 million	42 million	22.8 billion
1993	448 million	68 million	25.8 billion
1992	364 million	36 million	24.3 billion
1991	219 million	72 million	27.8 billion
1990	356 million	13 million	28.6 billion
1989	695 million	218 million	31.7 billion
1988	745 million	37 million	32.9 billion
1987	594 million	4 million	36.2 billion
1986	815 million	6 million	35.5 billion
1985	510 million	7 million	33.2 billion
1984	635 million	660 million	36.8 billion
1983	637 million	300 million	39.1 billion
1982	134 million	18 million	41.4 billion
1981	449 million	28 million	42 billion
1980	409 million	12 million	37.4 billion
1979	197 million	36 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.03 billion	12 million	39.2 billion
1977	278 million	8 million	37 billion
1976	91 million	10 million	33 billion
1975	108 million	291 million	34.2 billion
1974	898 million	5 million	32.9 billion
1973	713 million	163 million	32.6 billion
1972	63 million	171 million	28.7 billion
1971	310 million	40 million	29.3 billion
1970	230 million	8 million	22.1 billion
1969	702 million	121 million	24.7 billion
1968	557 million	32 million	22.4 billion
1967	770 million	15 million	22.1 billion
1966	707 million	32 million	22.4 billion
1965	920 million	18 million	23.1 billion
1964	539 million	9 million	24.2 billion
1963	369 million	32 million	18.1 billion
1962	460 million	6 million	15.5 billion
1961	155 million	66 million	15 billion
1960	116 million	5 million	15.7 billion

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Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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