Colombia vs Indonesia
Colombia vs Indonesia: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 22 million TIV in Colombia and 1.28 billion TIV in Indonesia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Indonesia, by 1.26 billion TIV, or 58 times that in Colombia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Indonesia has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Colombia.
- In 2025, Colombia ranked 71 and Indonesia ranked 7 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 | Indonesia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 million | 1.28 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 12 million | 185 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 3 million | 390 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 50 million | 86 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 45 million | 366 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 80 million | 283 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 22 million | 239 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 16 million | 357 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 91 million | 1.17 billion | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 18 million | 352 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 193 million | 438 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 170 million | 1.2 billion | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 173 million | 833 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 200 million | 162 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 145 million | 257 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 259 million | 221 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 263 million | 443 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 110 million | 239 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 237 million | 578 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 54 million | 63 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 18 million | 33 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 18 million | 77 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 145 million | 353 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 173 million | 67 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 268 million | 22 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 68 million | 171 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 44 million | 161 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 160 million | 85 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 193 million | 101 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 49 million | 378 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 35 million | 284 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 42 million | 472 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 68 million | 210 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 36 million | 51 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 72 million | 11 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 13 million | 202 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 218 million | 249 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 37 million | 285 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 4 million | 265 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 6 million | 433 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 7 million | 291 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 660 million | 102 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 300 million | 224 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 18 million | 356 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 28 million | 790 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 12 million | 898 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 36 million | 370 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 12 million | 124 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 8 million | 62 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 10 million | 156 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 291 million | 4 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 5 million | 73 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 163 million | 73 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 171 million | 5 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 40 million | 92 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 8 million | 27 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 121 million | 9 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 32 million | 0 | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 15 million | 1 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 32 million | 17 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 18 million | 317 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 9 million | 596 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 32 million | 206 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 6 million | 1.03 billion | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 66 million | 780 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 5 million | 448 million | 15.7 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Colombia vs Indonesia
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023Indonesia: 71.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Indonesia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Indonesia: 17.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterColombia: 73.9% in 2022Indonesia: 30.3% in 2022
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017Indonesia: 2.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateColombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Indonesia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023Indonesia: 281 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023Indonesia: 0.83% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023Indonesia: 2.13 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025Indonesia: 59.4% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023Indonesia: 29.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023Indonesia: 7% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023Indonesia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025Indonesia: 1.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsColombia: $13.7B in 2025Indonesia: $15.3B in 2025
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025Indonesia: $53 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingColombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025Indonesia: 6.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020Indonesia: 676,000 people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022Indonesia: 2.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020Indonesia: 0.49% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsColombia: 4 million TIV in 2020Indonesia: 17 million TIV in 2021