Brazil vs Colombia
Brazil vs Colombia: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $23.6B in Brazil and $13.7B in Colombia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by $9.9B, or 1.72 times that in Colombia.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Brazil has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1958.
- In 2025, Brazil ranked 21 and Colombia ranked 29 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Brazil | Colombia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $23.6B | $13.7B |
| 2024 | $21B | $13.9B |
| 2023 | $21.1B | $12.2B |
| 2022 | $21.5B | $12B |
| 2021 | $22.9B | $12.3B |
| 2020 | $24.2B | $11.8B |
| 2019 | $25.3B | $11.4B |
| 2018 | $26.4B | $10.6B |
| 2017 | $24.8B | $10.8B |
| 2016 | $23.3B | $10.1B |
| 2015 | $24.5B | $10.3B |
| 2014 | $25.1B | $10.2B |
| 2013 | $24.6B | $10.3B |
| 2012 | $24.5B | $9.5B |
| 2011 | $24B | $8.87B |
| 2010 | $24.8B | $9.53B |
| 2009 | $22.3B | $9.61B |
| 2008 | $20.5B | $9.14B |
| 2007 | $19.2B | $7.74B |
| 2006 | $17.8B | $7.29B |
| 2005 | $17.2B | $6.9B |
| 2004 | $15.9B | $6.77B |
| 2003 | $15.3B | $6.35B |
| 2002 | $19.2B | $6.04B |
| 2001 | $19B | $5.75B |
| 2000 | $16.4B | $5.23B |
| 1999 | $15.1B | $5.16B |
| 1998 | $14.8B | $4.84B |
| 1997 | $13.7B | $4.06B |
| 1996 | $13.8B | $6.31B |
| 1995 | $14.9B | $4.07B |
| 1994 | $13.2B | $3.49B |
| 1993 | $11.1B | $3.34B |
| 1992 | $8.08B | $2.59B |
| 1991 | $10.3B | $2.27B |
| 1990 | $12.7B | $2.29B |
| 1989 | $15.2B | $2.19B |
| 1988 | $14.4B | $2.15B |
| 1987 | $11.6B | $1.87B |
| 1986 | $8.45B | $1.74B |
| 1985 | $9.23B | $1.6B |
| 1984 | $6.72B | $1.74B |
| 1983 | $6.34B | $1.53B |
| 1982 | $6.75B | $1.16B |
| 1981 | $5.83B | $1.17B |
| 1980 | $5.98B | $1.24B |
| 1979 | $6.81B | $1.08B |
| 1978 | $6.52B | $952M |
| 1977 | $6.56B | $816M |
| 1976 | $7.18B | $843M |
| 1975 | $6.14B | $897M |
| 1974 | $5.59B | $797M |
| 1973 | $5.34B | $803M |
| 1972 | $4.7B | $883M |
| 1971 | $3.11B | $1.42B |
| 1970 | $3.13B | $900M |
| 1969 | $2.63B | $731M |
| 1968 | $2.49B | $789M |
| 1967 | $2.4B | $955M |
| 1966 | $2.5B | $931M |
| 1965 | $2.76B | $905M |
| 1964 | $1.65B | $858M |
| 1963 | $1.76B | $899M |
| 1962 | $1.8B | $787M |
| 1961 | $1.69B | $507M |
| 1960 | $1.81B | $424M |
| 1959 | $1.97B | $386M |
| 1958 | $2.49B | $469M |
| 1957 | $2.48B | – |
| 1953 | $1.65B | – |
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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
Brazil vs Colombia
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023Colombia: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024Colombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Colombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBrazil: 87.3% in 2022Colombia: 73.9% in 2022
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017Colombia: 2.2% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Colombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023Colombia: 52.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023Colombia: 1.1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Colombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025Colombia: 78.8% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023Colombia: 31.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023Colombia: 9.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Colombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Colombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025Colombia: $273 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025Colombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020Colombia: 428,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022Colombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020Colombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBrazil: 462 million TIV in 2025Colombia: 22 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025Colombia: 4 million TIV in 2020