China vs Colombia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 207 million TIV in China and 22 million TIV in Colombia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 185 million TIV, or 9.41 times that in Colombia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

China has been higher since 1990, when it overtook Colombia.
In 2025, China ranked 36 and Colombia ranked 71 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	China	Colombia	World
2025	207 million	22 million	33.3 billion
2024	71 million	12 million	30.6 billion
2023	428 million	3 million	29.5 billion
2022	646 million	50 million	33 billion
2021	685 million	45 million	26.8 billion
2020	775 million	80 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.57 billion	22 million	26.9 billion
2018	2.25 billion	16 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.55 billion	91 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.21 billion	18 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.19 billion	193 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.03 billion	170 million	27 billion
2013	1.22 billion	173 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.54 billion	200 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.03 billion	145 million	29.9 billion
2010	940 million	259 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.38 billion	263 million	24 billion
2008	1.78 billion	110 million	24.1 billion
2007	1.7 billion	237 million	26.5 billion
2006	2.83 billion	54 million	24.4 billion
2005	3.47 billion	18 million	21.3 billion
2004	3.24 billion	18 million	21.3 billion
2003	2.33 billion	145 million	19.2 billion
2002	2.83 billion	173 million	17.7 billion
2001	2.76 billion	268 million	18.3 billion
2000	2.47 billion	68 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.72 billion	44 million	25.3 billion
1998	375 million	160 million	27.9 billion
1997	940 million	193 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.5 billion	49 million	23.7 billion
1995	701 million	35 million	22.9 billion
1994	304 million	42 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.23 billion	68 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.18 billion	36 million	24.3 billion
1991	439 million	72 million	27.8 billion
1990	267 million	13 million	28.6 billion
1989	163 million	218 million	31.7 billion
1988	97 million	37 million	32.9 billion
1987	47 million	4 million	36.2 billion
1986	11 million	6 million	35.5 billion
1985	104 million	7 million	33.2 billion
1984	62 million	660 million	36.8 billion
1983	16 million	300 million	39.1 billion
1982	5 million	18 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	28 million	42 billion
1980	4 million	12 million	37.4 billion
1979	8 million	36 million	33.3 billion
1978	83 million	12 million	39.2 billion
1977	72 million	8 million	37 billion
1976	1 million	10 million	33 billion
1975	1 million	291 million	34.2 billion
1974	1 million	5 million	32.9 billion
1973	1 million	163 million	32.6 billion
1972	1 million	171 million	28.7 billion
1971	1 million	40 million	29.3 billion
1970	1 million	8 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	121 million	24.7 billion
1968	180 million	32 million	22.4 billion
1967	144 million	15 million	22.1 billion
1966	225 million	32 million	22.4 billion
1965	257 million	18 million	23.1 billion
1964	485 million	9 million	24.2 billion
1963	450 million	32 million	18.1 billion
1962	415 million	6 million	15.5 billion
1961	952 million	66 million	15 billion
1960	2.36 billion	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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