Austria vs Colombia: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 1.1% of GDP in Austria and 3.2% of GDP in Colombia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Colombia, by 2.1 percentage points, or 2.91 times that in Austria.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Colombia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1958.
In 2025, Austria ranked 104 and Colombia ranked 21 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

Year	Austria	Colombia
2025	1.1	3.2
2024	0.99	3.31
2023	0.86	2.94
2022	0.76	2.8
2021	0.87	3.2
2020	0.89	3.53
2019	0.75	3.15
2018	0.75	3.03
2017	0.76	3.21
2016	0.73	3.07
2015	0.7	3.11
2014	0.75	3.11
2013	0.76	3.27
2012	0.78	3.16
2011	0.8	3.08
2010	0.83	3.64
2009	0.84	3.89
2008	0.88	3.74
2007	0.91	3.29
2006	0.79	3.3
2005	0.86	3.38
2004	0.9	3.47
2003	0.92	3.46
2002	0.89	3.42
2001	0.91	3.32
2000	0.98	3.03
1999	0.98	3.76
1998	1.02	3.44
1997	1.05	2.8
1996	1.05	4.45
1995	1.07	2.83
1994	1.09	2.51
1993	1.12	2.53
1992	1.1	2.11
1991	1.15	1.85
1990	1.2	1.86
1989	1.23	2.19
1988	1.3	2.2
1987	1.42	1.98
1986	1.51	1.95
1985	1.51	2.05
1984	1.41	2.33
1983	1.39	2.22
1982	1.41	1.71
1981	1.38	1.76
1980	1.42	1.83
1979	1.43	1.67
1978	1.43	1.55
1977	1.35	1.44
1976	1.37	1.49
1975	1.45	1.74
1974	1.28	1.58
1973	1.19	1.69
1972	1.2	1.97
1971	1.25	3.37
1970	1.38	2.26
1969	1.5	2.06
1968	1.54	2.39
1967	1.61	3.12
1966	1.62	3.17
1965	1.51	3.19
1964	1.89	3.18
1963	1.58	3.52
1962	1.35	3.1
1961	1.31	2.14
1960	1.46	1.88
1959	1.7	1.83
1958	1.81	2.36
1957	1.63	–

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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.

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