Colombia vs Germany: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 22 million TIV in Colombia and 1.63 billion TIV in Germany, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.61 billion TIV, or 74 times that in Colombia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Germany has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Colombia.
In 2025, Colombia ranked 71 and Germany ranked 6 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	Germany	World
2025	22 million	1.63 billion	33.3 billion
2024	12 million	240 million	30.6 billion
2023	3 million	203 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	269 million	33 billion
2021	45 million	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	80 million	105 million	23.4 billion
2019	22 million	38 million	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	14 million	27.3 billion
2017	91 million	43 million	31.2 billion
2016	18 million	55 million	31.4 billion
2015	193 million	119 million	28.7 billion
2014	170 million	77 million	27 billion
2013	173 million	103 million	27.4 billion
2012	200 million	140 million	27.9 billion
2011	145 million	79 million	29.9 billion
2010	259 million	301 million	25.8 billion
2009	263 million	329 million	24 billion
2008	110 million	277 million	24.1 billion
2007	237 million	46 million	26.5 billion
2006	54 million	413 million	24.4 billion
2005	18 million	206 million	21.3 billion
2004	18 million	245 million	21.3 billion
2003	145 million	70 million	19.2 billion
2002	173 million	71 million	17.7 billion
2001	268 million	133 million	18.3 billion
2000	68 million	113 million	20.5 billion
1999	44 million	129 million	25.3 billion
1998	160 million	618 million	27.9 billion
1997	193 million	60 million	28.9 billion
1996	49 million	244 million	23.7 billion
1995	35 million	222 million	22.9 billion
1994	42 million	417 million	22.8 billion
1993	68 million	529 million	25.8 billion
1992	36 million	716 million	24.3 billion
1991	72 million	750 million	27.8 billion
1990	13 million	757 million	28.6 billion
1989	218 million	701 million	31.7 billion
1988	37 million	447 million	32.9 billion
1987	4 million	340 million	36.2 billion
1986	6 million	322 million	35.5 billion
1985	7 million	130 million	33.2 billion
1984	660 million	412 million	36.8 billion
1983	300 million	434 million	39.1 billion
1982	18 million	453 million	41.4 billion
1981	28 million	261 million	42 billion
1980	12 million	150 million	37.4 billion
1979	36 million	65 million	33.3 billion
1978	12 million	661 million	39.2 billion
1977	8 million	1.01 billion	37 billion
1976	10 million	1.36 billion	33 billion
1975	291 million	1.83 billion	34.2 billion
1974	5 million	2.14 billion	32.9 billion
1973	163 million	1.72 billion	32.6 billion
1972	171 million	796 million	28.7 billion
1971	40 million	2.24 billion	29.3 billion
1970	8 million	1.26 billion	22.1 billion
1969	121 million	1.23 billion	24.7 billion
1968	32 million	1.25 billion	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	1.39 billion	22.1 billion
1966	32 million	3.39 billion	22.4 billion
1965	18 million	3.52 billion	23.1 billion
1964	9 million	3.83 billion	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	3.31 billion	18.1 billion
1962	6 million	2.5 billion	15.5 billion
1961	66 million	2.09 billion	15 billion
1960	5 million	2.04 billion	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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