Bolivia vs Colombia: Arms imports

Arms imports: 0 TIV in Bolivia in 2024 and 22 million TIV in Colombia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Colombia, by 12 million TIV.

Watch it change on the map

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

BoliviaColombiaWorld

What the numbers say

Colombia has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Bolivia.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Bolivia	Colombia	World
2025	–	22 million	33.3 billion
2024	0	12 million	30.6 billion
2023	–	3 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	50 million	33 billion
2021	–	45 million	26.8 billion
2020	26 million	80 million	23.4 billion
2019	34 million	22 million	26.9 billion
2018	2 million	16 million	27.3 billion
2017	7 million	91 million	31.2 billion
2016	27 million	18 million	31.4 billion
2015	–	193 million	28.7 billion
2014	46 million	170 million	27 billion
2013	1 million	173 million	27.4 billion
2012	12 million	200 million	27.9 billion
2011	25 million	145 million	29.9 billion
2010	1 million	259 million	25.8 billion
2009	6 million	263 million	24 billion
2008	3 million	110 million	24.1 billion
2007	2 million	237 million	26.5 billion
2006	9 million	54 million	24.4 billion
2005	1 million	18 million	21.3 billion
2004	1 million	18 million	21.3 billion
2003	5 million	145 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	173 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	268 million	18.3 billion
2000	19 million	68 million	20.5 billion
1999	9 million	44 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	160 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	193 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	49 million	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	35 million	22.9 billion
1994	9 million	42 million	22.8 billion
1993	16 million	68 million	25.8 billion
1992	25 million	36 million	24.3 billion
1991	11 million	72 million	27.8 billion
1990	–	13 million	28.6 billion
1989	66 million	218 million	31.7 billion
1988	56 million	37 million	32.9 billion
1987	–	4 million	36.2 billion
1986	15 million	6 million	35.5 billion
1985	18 million	7 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	660 million	36.8 billion
1983	–	300 million	39.1 billion
1982	2 million	18 million	41.4 billion
1981	28 million	28 million	42 billion
1980	40 million	12 million	37.4 billion
1979	53 million	36 million	33.3 billion
1978	11 million	12 million	39.2 billion
1977	1 million	8 million	37 billion
1976	16 million	10 million	33 billion
1975	17 million	291 million	34.2 billion
1974	23 million	5 million	32.9 billion
1973	16 million	163 million	32.6 billion
1972	12 million	171 million	28.7 billion
1971	2 million	40 million	29.3 billion
1970	2 million	8 million	22.1 billion
1969	1 million	121 million	24.7 billion
1968	17 million	32 million	22.4 billion
1967	14 million	15 million	22.1 billion
1966	1 million	32 million	22.4 billion
1965	2 million	18 million	23.1 billion
1964	2 million	9 million	24.2 billion
1963	4 million	32 million	18.1 billion
1962	2 million	6 million	15.5 billion
1961	4 million	66 million	15 billion
1960	6 million	5 million	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

Bolivia vs Colombia: Arms imports

What the numbers say

Every year

Each country on its own

Good to know

Bolivia vs Colombia

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Conflict

Military

Climate

Technology and environment