Chile vs Colombia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 14 million TIV in Chile and 22 million TIV in Colombia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Colombia, by 8 million TIV, or 1.57 times that in Chile.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Colombia has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Chile.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Chile	Colombia	World
2025	14 million	22 million	33.3 billion
2024	14 million	12 million	30.6 billion
2023	9 million	3 million	29.5 billion
2022	207 million	50 million	33 billion
2021	66 million	45 million	26.8 billion
2020	304 million	80 million	23.4 billion
2019	16 million	22 million	26.9 billion
2018	74 million	16 million	27.3 billion
2017	49 million	91 million	31.2 billion
2016	70 million	18 million	31.4 billion
2015	135 million	193 million	28.7 billion
2014	135 million	170 million	27 billion
2013	55 million	173 million	27.4 billion
2012	61 million	200 million	27.9 billion
2011	326 million	145 million	29.9 billion
2010	474 million	259 million	25.8 billion
2009	329 million	263 million	24 billion
2008	395 million	110 million	24.1 billion
2007	659 million	237 million	26.5 billion
2006	1.1 billion	54 million	24.4 billion
2005	446 million	18 million	21.3 billion
2004	64 million	18 million	21.3 billion
2003	188 million	145 million	19.2 billion
2002	75 million	173 million	17.7 billion
2001	60 million	268 million	18.3 billion
2000	230 million	68 million	20.5 billion
1999	206 million	44 million	25.3 billion
1998	80 million	160 million	27.9 billion
1997	280 million	193 million	28.9 billion
1996	163 million	49 million	23.7 billion
1995	330 million	35 million	22.9 billion
1994	81 million	42 million	22.8 billion
1993	84 million	68 million	25.8 billion
1992	179 million	36 million	24.3 billion
1991	102 million	72 million	27.8 billion
1990	132 million	13 million	28.6 billion
1989	133 million	218 million	31.7 billion
1988	84 million	37 million	32.9 billion
1987	155 million	4 million	36.2 billion
1986	173 million	6 million	35.5 billion
1985	28 million	7 million	33.2 billion
1984	513 million	660 million	36.8 billion
1983	135 million	300 million	39.1 billion
1982	339 million	18 million	41.4 billion
1981	147 million	28 million	42 billion
1980	150 million	12 million	37.4 billion
1979	147 million	36 million	33.3 billion
1978	192 million	12 million	39.2 billion
1977	72 million	8 million	37 billion
1976	387 million	10 million	33 billion
1975	196 million	291 million	34.2 billion
1974	272 million	5 million	32.9 billion
1973	278 million	163 million	32.6 billion
1972	51 million	171 million	28.7 billion
1971	185 million	40 million	29.3 billion
1970	77 million	8 million	22.1 billion
1969	13 million	121 million	24.7 billion
1968	62 million	32 million	22.4 billion
1967	150 million	15 million	22.1 billion
1966	74 million	32 million	22.4 billion
1965	49 million	18 million	23.1 billion
1964	38 million	9 million	24.2 billion
1963	123 million	32 million	18.1 billion
1962	19 million	6 million	15.5 billion
1961	38 million	66 million	15 billion
1960	308 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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