Bolivia vs Colombia
Bolivia vs Colombia: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $570M in Bolivia and $13.7B in Colombia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Colombia, by $13.2B, or 24 times that in Bolivia.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Colombia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1961.
- In 2025, Bolivia ranked 97 and Colombia ranked 29 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Bolivia | Colombia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $570M | $13.7B |
| 2024 | $571M | $13.9B |
| 2023 | $614M | $12.2B |
| 2022 | $458M | $12B |
| 2021 | $583M | $12.3B |
| 2020 | $559M | $11.8B |
| 2019 | $657M | $11.4B |
| 2018 | $680M | $10.6B |
| 2017 | $664M | $10.8B |
| 2016 | $616M | $10.1B |
| 2015 | $713M | $10.3B |
| 2014 | $800M | $10.2B |
| 2013 | $763M | $10.3B |
| 2012 | $714M | $9.5B |
| 2011 | $605M | $8.87B |
| 2010 | $912M | $9.53B |
| 2009 | $522M | $9.61B |
| 2008 | $666M | $9.14B |
| 2007 | $440M | $7.74B |
| 2006 | $420M | $7.29B |
| 2005 | $430M | $6.9B |
| 2004 | $453M | $6.77B |
| 2003 | $475M | $6.35B |
| 2002 | $417M | $6.04B |
| 2001 | $466M | $5.75B |
| 2000 | $406M | $5.23B |
| 1999 | $408M | $5.16B |
| 1998 | $511M | $4.84B |
| 1997 | $413M | $4.06B |
| 1996 | $341M | $6.31B |
| 1995 | $347M | $4.07B |
| 1994 | $352M | $3.49B |
| 1993 | $286M | $3.34B |
| 1992 | $366M | $2.59B |
| 1991 | $382M | $2.27B |
| 1990 | $392M | $2.29B |
| 1989 | $289M | $2.19B |
| 1988 | $266M | $2.15B |
| 1987 | $300M | $1.87B |
| 1986 | $289M | $1.74B |
| 1985 | $351M | $1.6B |
| 1984 | $327M | $1.74B |
| 1983 | $208M | $1.53B |
| 1982 | $297M | $1.16B |
| 1981 | $490M | $1.17B |
| 1980 | $431M | $1.24B |
| 1979 | $398M | $1.08B |
| 1978 | $381M | $952M |
| 1977 | $315M | $816M |
| 1976 | $311M | $843M |
| 1975 | $283M | $897M |
| 1974 | $209M | $797M |
| 1973 | $181M | $803M |
| 1972 | $155M | $883M |
| 1971 | $113M | $1.42B |
| 1970 | $124M | $900M |
| 1969 | $93.8M | $731M |
| 1968 | $90.7M | $789M |
| 1967 | – | $955M |
| 1966 | – | $931M |
| 1965 | – | $905M |
| 1964 | – | $858M |
| 1963 | $71.3M | $899M |
| 1962 | $57.4M | $787M |
| 1961 | $57.7M | $507M |
| 1960 | – | $424M |
| 1959 | – | $386M |
| 1958 | – | $469M |
| 1957 | $35.5M | – |
| 1956 | $30.9M | – |
| 1955 | $41.8M | – |
| 1953 | $61.2M | – |
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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
Bolivia vs Colombia
Health
- Life expectancyBolivia: 68.6 years in 2023Colombia: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBolivia: 1.6 per 100 live births in 2024Colombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBolivia: 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Colombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBolivia: 3.09% in 2017Colombia: 2.2% in 2017
- Suicide rateBolivia: 6.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Colombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBolivia: 12.2 million people in 2023Colombia: 52.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthBolivia: 1.38% a year in 2023Colombia: 1.1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBolivia: 2.55 births per woman in 2023Colombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBolivia: 71.6% in 2025Colombia: 78.8% in 2025
- Median ageBolivia: 24.7 years in 2023Colombia: 31.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBolivia: 5.6% in 2023Colombia: 9.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateBolivia: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Colombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBolivia: 1.22% of GDP in 2025Colombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personBolivia: $55 in 2025Colombia: $273 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBolivia: 3.2% of government spending in 2025Colombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBolivia: 71,000 people in 2020Colombia: 428,000 people in 2020
- National powerBolivia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Colombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBolivia: 1.21% of the labour force in 2020Colombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBolivia: 0 TIV in 2024Colombia: 22 million TIV in 2025