Colombia vs India
Colombia vs India: Arms exports
Arms exports: 4 million TIV in Colombia in 2020 and 81 million TIV in India in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in India, by 149 million TIV, or 38 times that in Colombia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- India has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Colombia.
- The world as a whole: 24.1 billion TIV in 2020.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Colombia | India | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 81 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 94 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 41 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 7 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 54 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 4 million | 153 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 10 million | 20 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 47 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 10 million | 56 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 49 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 42 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 40 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 18 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 3 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 5 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 27 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 15 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 23 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 33 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 19 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 31 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 4 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 6 million | 0 | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 2 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 21 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 2 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 2 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 9 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 7 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 7 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 1 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 2 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 22 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 27 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 31 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 24 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 21 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 2 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 7 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 1 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 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 India
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023India: 72 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024India: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023India: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017India: 3.53% in 2017
- Suicide rateColombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017India: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023India: 1.44 billion people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023India: 0.89% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023India: 1.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025India: 35.7% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023India: 28.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023India: 6.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023India: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025India: 2.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsColombia: $13.7B in 2025India: $93.3B in 2025
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025India: $63 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingColombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025India: 8.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020India: 3.07 million people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022India: 9.94% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020India: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsColombia: 22 million TIV in 2025India: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025