Colombia vs Guatemala

Colombia vs Guatemala: Arms imports

Arms imports: 22 million TIV in Colombia in 2025 and 6 million TIV in Guatemala in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Guatemala, by 3 million TIV, or 2 times that in Colombia.

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Colombia vs Guatemala: Arms importsArms imports: 22 million TIV in Colombia in 2025 and 6 million TIV in Guatemala in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Guatemala, by 3 million TIV, or 2 times that in Colombia.
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What the numbers say

  • Guatemala has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Colombia.
  • The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearColombiaGuatemalaWorld
202522 million–33.3 billion
202412 million–30.6 billion
20233 million6 million29.5 billion
202250 million10 million33 billion
202145 million–26.8 billion
202080 million–23.4 billion
201922 million14 million26.9 billion
201816 million4 million27.3 billion
201791 million–31.2 billion
201618 million–31.4 billion
2015193 million33 million28.7 billion
2014170 million–27 billion
2013173 million–27.4 billion
2012200 million2 million27.9 billion
2011145 million–29.9 billion
2010259 million–25.8 billion
2009263 million–24 billion
2008110 million024.1 billion
2007237 million–26.5 billion
200654 million–24.4 billion
200518 million–21.3 billion
200418 million–21.3 billion
2003145 million–19.2 billion
2002173 million–17.7 billion
2001268 million–18.3 billion
200068 million–20.5 billion
199944 million–25.3 billion
1998160 million1 million27.9 billion
1997193 million–28.9 billion
199649 million2 million23.7 billion
199535 million4 million22.9 billion
199442 million4 million22.8 billion
199368 million13 million25.8 billion
199236 million–24.3 billion
199172 million–27.8 billion
199013 million–28.6 billion
1989218 million4 million31.7 billion
198837 million–32.9 billion
19874 million–36.2 billion
19866 million2 million35.5 billion
19857 million25 million33.2 billion
1984660 million7 million36.8 billion
1983300 million1 million39.1 billion
198218 million16 million41.4 billion
198128 million49 million42 billion
198012 million8 million37.4 billion
197936 million5 million33.3 billion
197812 million1 million39.2 billion
19778 million1 million37 billion
197610 million15 million33 billion
1975291 million47 million34.2 billion
19745 million15 million32.9 billion
1973163 million032.6 billion
1972171 million1 million28.7 billion
197140 million46 million29.3 billion
19708 million–22.1 billion
1969121 million1 million24.7 billion
196832 million16 million22.4 billion
196715 million1 million22.1 billion
196632 million–22.4 billion
196518 million5 million23.1 billion
19649 million8 million24.2 billion
196332 million7 million18.1 billion
19626 million1 million15.5 billion
196166 million–15 billion
19605 million16 million15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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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