Colombia vs Egypt
Colombia vs Egypt: Arms exports
Arms exports: 4 million TIV in Colombia in 2020 and 2 million TIV in Egypt in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Colombia, by 2 million TIV, or 1.25 times that in Egypt.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Colombia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2019.
- The world as a whole: 27 billion TIV in 2019.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Colombia | Egypt | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 2 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 4 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 41 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 41 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 4 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 10 million | 8 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 10 million | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 21 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 7 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | – | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 6 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 5 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 5 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 12 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 17 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 28 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 15 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 25 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 81 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 81 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 76 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 19 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 5 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 37 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 71 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 81 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 71 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 29 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 32 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 78 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 51 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 16 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 39 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 15 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 26 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 15 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 14 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | 1 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 8 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 7 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 0 | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 0 | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Colombia vs Egypt
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023Egypt: 71.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Egypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Egypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017Egypt: 3.24% in 2017
- Suicide rateColombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Egypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023Egypt: 115 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023Egypt: 1.82% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023Egypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025Egypt: 42.9% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023Egypt: 24 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023Egypt: 5% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023Egypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025Egypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsColombia: $13.7B in 2025Egypt: $2.26B in 2025
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025Egypt: $21 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingColombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025Egypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020Egypt: 836,000 people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022Egypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020Egypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsColombia: 22 million TIV in 2025Egypt: 697 million TIV in 2025