Chile vs Colombia
Chile vs Colombia: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $5.15B in Chile and $13.7B in Colombia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Colombia, by $8.59B, or 2.67 times that in Chile.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Colombia has been higher since 1989, when it overtook Chile.
- In 2025, Chile ranked 47 and Colombia ranked 29 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Chile | Colombia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5.15B | $13.7B |
| 2024 | $5.51B | $13.9B |
| 2023 | $5.08B | $12.2B |
| 2022 | $4.84B | $12B |
| 2021 | $5.24B | $12.3B |
| 2020 | $5.77B | $11.8B |
| 2019 | $5.21B | $11.4B |
| 2018 | $5.22B | $10.6B |
| 2017 | $5.23B | $10.8B |
| 2016 | $4.99B | $10.1B |
| 2015 | $4.83B | $10.3B |
| 2014 | $4.84B | $10.2B |
| 2013 | $4.77B | $10.3B |
| 2012 | $4.71B | $9.5B |
| 2011 | $5.02B | $8.87B |
| 2010 | $4.71B | $9.53B |
| 2009 | $4.19B | $9.61B |
| 2008 | $4.66B | $9.14B |
| 2007 | $4.39B | $7.74B |
| 2006 | $4.46B | $7.29B |
| 2005 | $3.91B | $6.9B |
| 2004 | $3.8B | $6.77B |
| 2003 | $3.36B | $6.35B |
| 2002 | $2.96B | $6.04B |
| 2001 | $2.97B | $5.75B |
| 2000 | $2.91B | $5.23B |
| 1999 | $2.76B | $5.16B |
| 1998 | $2.67B | $4.84B |
| 1997 | $2.57B | $4.06B |
| 1996 | $2.41B | $6.31B |
| 1995 | $2.39B | $4.07B |
| 1994 | $2.19B | $3.49B |
| 1993 | $2.07B | $3.34B |
| 1992 | $1.9B | $2.59B |
| 1991 | $1.87B | $2.27B |
| 1990 | $1.98B | $2.29B |
| 1989 | $2.09B | $2.19B |
| 1988 | $2.27B | $2.15B |
| 1987 | $2.72B | $1.87B |
| 1986 | $2.74B | $1.74B |
| 1985 | $2.79B | $1.6B |
| 1984 | $2.87B | $1.74B |
| 1983 | $2.82B | $1.53B |
| 1982 | $3.34B | $1.16B |
| 1981 | $2.99B | $1.17B |
| 1980 | $2.79B | $1.24B |
| 1979 | $2.64B | $1.08B |
| 1978 | $2.36B | $952M |
| 1977 | $2.01B | $816M |
| 1976 | $1.52B | $843M |
| 1975 | $1.44B | $897M |
| 1974 | $1.88B | $797M |
| 1973 | $1.25B | $803M |
| 1972 | $1.22B | $883M |
| 1971 | $1.11B | $1.42B |
| 1970 | $735M | $900M |
| 1969 | $344M | $731M |
| 1968 | $347M | $789M |
| 1967 | $340M | $955M |
| 1966 | $312M | $931M |
| 1965 | $283M | $905M |
| 1964 | $238M | $858M |
| 1963 | $249M | $899M |
| 1962 | $250M | $787M |
| 1961 | $278M | $507M |
| 1960 | $236M | $424M |
| 1959 | $170M | $386M |
| 1958 | $223M | $469M |
| 1957 | $202M | – |
| 1956 | $201M | – |
| 1955 | $158M | – |
| 1954 | $112M | – |
| 1953 | $205M | – |
- Estimate
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
Chile vs Colombia
Health
- Life expectancyChile: 81.2 years in 2023Colombia: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChile: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024Colombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChile: 4.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Colombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterChile: 98.8% in 2022Colombia: 73.9% in 2022
- DepressionChile: 4.06% in 2017Colombia: 2.2% in 2017
- Suicide rateChile: 10.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Colombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChile: 19.7 million people in 2023Colombia: 52.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthChile: 0.57% a year in 2023Colombia: 1.1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChile: 1.17 births per woman in 2023Colombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChile: 89.2% in 2025Colombia: 78.8% in 2025
- Median ageChile: 36 years in 2023Colombia: 31.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChile: 13.7% in 2023Colombia: 9.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateChile: 3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Colombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChile: 1.52% of GDP in 2025Colombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personChile: $269 in 2025Colombia: $273 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChile: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Colombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChile: 114,000 people in 2020Colombia: 428,000 people in 2020
- National powerChile: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Colombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChile: 1.28% of the labour force in 2020Colombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChile: 14 million TIV in 2025Colombia: 22 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsChile: 8 million TIV in 2022Colombia: 4 million TIV in 2020