Chile vs Colombia
Chile vs Colombia: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $269 in Chile and $273 in Colombia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Colombia, by $4, or 1.01 times that in Chile.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Colombia has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Chile.
- In 2025, Chile ranked 54 and Colombia ranked 52 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Chile | Colombia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $269 | $273 |
| 2024 | $279 | $264 |
| 2023 | $279 | $207 |
| 2022 | $238 | $188 |
| 2021 | $268 | $200 |
| 2020 | $271 | $190 |
| 2019 | $272 | $206 |
| 2018 | $296 | $209 |
| 2017 | $292 | $210 |
| 2016 | $264 | $184 |
| 2015 | $258 | $195 |
| 2014 | $287 | $256 |
| 2013 | $314 | $272 |
| 2012 | $314 | $257 |
| 2011 | $329 | $229 |
| 2010 | $286 | $234 |
| 2009 | $231 | $205 |
| 2008 | $277 | $208 |
| 2007 | $243 | $158 |
| 2006 | $235 | $126 |
| 2005 | $191 | $117 |
| 2004 | $167 | $98 |
| 2003 | $130 | $81 |
| 2002 | $113 | $84 |
| 2001 | $121 | $83 |
| 2000 | $137 | $78 |
| 1999 | $134 | $85 |
| 1998 | $141 | $91 |
| 1997 | $143 | $81 |
| 1996 | $130 | $120 |
| 1995 | $127 | $74 |
| 1994 | $103 | $58 |
| 1993 | $92 | $45 |
| 1992 | $85 | $33 |
| 1991 | $77 | $28 |
| 1990 | $77 | $28 |
| 1989 | $75 | $28 |
| 1988 | $78 | $28 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- 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 in US dollarsChile: $5.15B in 2025Colombia: $13.7B 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