Colombia vs Germany
Colombia vs Germany: Arms exports
Arms exports: 4 million TIV in Colombia in 2020 and 1.7 billion TIV in Germany in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.15 billion TIV, or 290 times that in Colombia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Germany 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 | Germany | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 1.7 billion | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 2.11 billion | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 2.55 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 1.51 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 852 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 4 million | 1.15 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 10 million | 978 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 1.1 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 10 million | 1.83 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 2.51 billion | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 1.82 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 1.83 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 721 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 0 | 715 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 1.2 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 2.36 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 2.21 billion | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 2.38 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 3.29 billion | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 2.48 billion | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 2.08 billion | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 1.09 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 1.63 billion | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 6 million | 889 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 851 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 1.67 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 1.94 billion | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 1.84 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 951 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 1.95 billion | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 1.53 billion | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 2.91 billion | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 1.55 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 1.52 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 2.41 billion | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 1.82 billion | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 1.26 billion | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 1.38 billion | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 908 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 1.35 billion | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 1.33 billion | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 2.93 billion | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 2.21 billion | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 1.51 billion | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 1.9 billion | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 1.6 billion | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 1.43 billion | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 1.6 billion | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 1.93 billion | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 1.66 billion | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 1.42 billion | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 1.19 billion | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 222 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 1.36 billion | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 1.36 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 1.58 billion | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 882 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 588 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 758 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 711 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | 327 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | 437 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 133 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 146 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 12 million | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 156 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 Germany
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023Germany: 81.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Germany: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Germany: 3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterColombia: 73.9% in 2022Germany: 99.9% in 2022
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017Germany: 3.96% in 2017
- Suicide rateColombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Germany: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023Germany: 84.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023Germany: 0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023Germany: 1.44 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025Germany: 82.1% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023Germany: 45.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023Germany: 22.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023Germany: 7.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025Germany: 2.27% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsColombia: $13.7B in 2025Germany: $107B in 2025
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025Germany: $1,346 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingColombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025Germany: 4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020Germany: 183,000 people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022Germany: 1.5% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020Germany: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsColombia: 22 million TIV in 2025Germany: 1.63 billion TIV in 2025