Colombia vs Ethiopia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 22 million TIV in Colombia and 63 million TIV in Ethiopia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 41 million TIV, or 2.86 times that in Colombia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Ethiopia has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Colombia.
In 2025, Colombia ranked 71 and Ethiopia ranked 53 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	Colombia	Ethiopia	World
2025	22 million	63 million	33.3 billion
2024	12 million	48 million	30.6 billion
2023	3 million	2 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	45 million	33 billion
2021	45 million	16 million	26.8 billion
2020	80 million	25 million	23.4 billion
2019	22 million	76 million	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	14 million	27.3 billion
2017	91 million	51 million	31.2 billion
2016	18 million	55 million	31.4 billion
2015	193 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	170 million	33 million	27 billion
2013	173 million	154 million	27.4 billion
2012	200 million	193 million	27.9 billion
2011	145 million	76 million	29.9 billion
2010	259 million	58 million	25.8 billion
2009	263 million	–	24 billion
2008	110 million	–	24.1 billion
2007	237 million	–	26.5 billion
2006	54 million	–	24.4 billion
2005	18 million	–	21.3 billion
2004	18 million	239 million	21.3 billion
2003	145 million	174 million	19.2 billion
2002	173 million	20 million	17.7 billion
2001	268 million	–	18.3 billion
2000	68 million	114 million	20.5 billion
1999	44 million	152 million	25.3 billion
1998	160 million	208 million	27.9 billion
1997	193 million	69 million	28.9 billion
1996	49 million	–	23.7 billion
1995	35 million	–	22.9 billion
1994	42 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	68 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	36 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	72 million	80 million	27.8 billion
1990	13 million	2 million	28.6 billion
1989	218 million	47 million	31.7 billion
1988	37 million	155 million	32.9 billion
1987	4 million	239 million	36.2 billion
1986	6 million	348 million	35.5 billion
1985	7 million	268 million	33.2 billion
1984	660 million	228 million	36.8 billion
1983	300 million	403 million	39.1 billion
1982	18 million	516 million	41.4 billion
1981	28 million	328 million	42 billion
1980	12 million	330 million	37.4 billion
1979	36 million	113 million	33.3 billion
1978	12 million	965 million	39.2 billion
1977	8 million	1.13 billion	37 billion
1976	10 million	113 million	33 billion
1975	291 million	58 million	34.2 billion
1974	5 million	36 million	32.9 billion
1973	163 million	5 million	32.6 billion
1972	171 million	53 million	28.7 billion
1971	40 million	54 million	29.3 billion
1970	8 million	90 million	22.1 billion
1969	121 million	24 million	24.7 billion
1968	32 million	34 million	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	31 million	22.1 billion
1966	32 million	99 million	22.4 billion
1965	18 million	14 million	23.1 billion
1964	9 million	4 million	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	27 million	18.1 billion
1962	6 million	21 million	15.5 billion
1961	66 million	4 million	15 billion
1960	5 million	24 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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