Colombia vs France
Colombia vs France: Arms exports
Arms exports: 4 million TIV in Colombia in 2020 and 3.37 billion TIV in France in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in France, by 2.29 billion TIV, or 570 times that in Colombia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- France has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2002.
- The world as a whole: 24.1 billion TIV in 2020.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Colombia | France | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 3.37 billion | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 2.47 billion | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 2.18 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 3.16 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 3.9 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 4 million | 2.29 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 10 million | 3.75 billion | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 1.87 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 10 million | 2.34 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 2.19 billion | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 2.23 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 1.76 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 1.87 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 0 | 1.34 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 2.08 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 888 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 1.85 billion | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 1.87 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 2.15 billion | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 1.48 billion | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 1.65 billion | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 2.12 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 1.35 billion | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 6 million | 1.38 billion | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 1.31 billion | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 966 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 1.68 billion | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 3.1 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 3.18 billion | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 1.84 billion | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 969 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 858 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 971 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 1.25 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 1.17 billion | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 1.8 billion | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 2.27 billion | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 1.96 billion | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 1.75 billion | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 2.96 billion | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 3.99 billion | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 2.93 billion | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 3.41 billion | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 3.79 billion | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 3.68 billion | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 3.85 billion | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 2.97 billion | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 3.32 billion | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 2.74 billion | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 2.04 billion | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 2.32 billion | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 2.18 billion | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 2.97 billion | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 2.69 billion | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 2.36 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 1.74 billion | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 1.52 billion | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 1.5 billion | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 1.6 billion | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 1.9 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | 1.33 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | 1.57 billion | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 1.33 billion | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 912 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 856 million | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 866 million | 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 France
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023France: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024France: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023France: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterColombia: 73.9% in 2022France: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017France: 4.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateColombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017France: 12.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023France: 66.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023France: 0.17% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023France: 1.64 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025France: 78.8% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023France: 41.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023France: 21.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023France: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025France: 2.03% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsColombia: $13.7B in 2025France: $64.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025France: $1,021 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingColombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025France: 3.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020France: 304,000 people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022France: 1.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020France: 1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsColombia: 22 million TIV in 2025France: 236 million TIV in 2025