Colombia vs Iran: Arms imports

Arms imports: 22 million TIV in Colombia in 2025 and 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Iran, by 30 million TIV, or 3.5 times that in Colombia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Iran has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Colombia.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Colombia	Iran	World
2025	22 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	12 million	42 million	30.6 billion
2023	3 million	21 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	–	33 billion
2021	45 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	80 million	2 million	23.4 billion
2019	22 million	3 million	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	3 million	27.3 billion
2017	91 million	3 million	31.2 billion
2016	18 million	413 million	31.4 billion
2015	193 million	11 million	28.7 billion
2014	170 million	14 million	27 billion
2013	173 million	14 million	27.4 billion
2012	200 million	39 million	27.9 billion
2011	145 million	89 million	29.9 billion
2010	259 million	87 million	25.8 billion
2009	263 million	92 million	24 billion
2008	110 million	57 million	24.1 billion
2007	237 million	325 million	26.5 billion
2006	54 million	418 million	24.4 billion
2005	18 million	53 million	21.3 billion
2004	18 million	117 million	21.3 billion
2003	145 million	283 million	19.2 billion
2002	173 million	435 million	17.7 billion
2001	268 million	526 million	18.3 billion
2000	68 million	417 million	20.5 billion
1999	44 million	321 million	25.3 billion
1998	160 million	374 million	27.9 billion
1997	193 million	172 million	28.9 billion
1996	49 million	608 million	23.7 billion
1995	35 million	289 million	22.9 billion
1994	42 million	451 million	22.8 billion
1993	68 million	960 million	25.8 billion
1992	36 million	406 million	24.3 billion
1991	72 million	990 million	27.8 billion
1990	13 million	444 million	28.6 billion
1989	218 million	194 million	31.7 billion
1988	37 million	469 million	32.9 billion
1987	4 million	807 million	36.2 billion
1986	6 million	805 million	35.5 billion
1985	7 million	639 million	33.2 billion
1984	660 million	562 million	36.8 billion
1983	300 million	466 million	39.1 billion
1982	18 million	499 million	41.4 billion
1981	28 million	487 million	42 billion
1980	12 million	278 million	37.4 billion
1979	36 million	526 million	33.3 billion
1978	12 million	3.72 billion	39.2 billion
1977	8 million	5.48 billion	37 billion
1976	10 million	4.65 billion	33 billion
1975	291 million	5.23 billion	34.2 billion
1974	5 million	2.86 billion	32.9 billion
1973	163 million	2.05 billion	32.6 billion
1972	171 million	1.38 billion	28.7 billion
1971	40 million	2.1 billion	29.3 billion
1970	8 million	899 million	22.1 billion
1969	121 million	950 million	24.7 billion
1968	32 million	917 million	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	553 million	22.1 billion
1966	32 million	601 million	22.4 billion
1965	18 million	496 million	23.1 billion
1964	9 million	139 million	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	105 million	18.1 billion
1962	6 million	83 million	15.5 billion
1961	66 million	75 million	15 billion
1960	5 million	141 million	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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