Colombia vs Iran

Colombia vs Iran: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 3.2% of GDP in Colombia and 2.09% of GDP in Iran, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Colombia, by 1.11 percentage points, or 1.53 times that in Iran.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Colombia vs Iran: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 3.2% of GDP in Colombia and 2.09% of GDP in Iran, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Colombia, by 1.11 percentage points, or 1.53 times that in Iran.
ColombiaIranSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Colombia has been higher since 2007, when it overtook Iran.
  • In 2025, Colombia ranked 21 and Iran ranked 54 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearColombiaIran
20253.22.09
20243.312.22
20232.942.49
20222.82.24
20213.22.32
20203.532.18
20193.152.15
20183.032.36
20173.212.84
20163.072.8
20153.112.56
20143.112.12
20133.272.18
20123.162.69
20113.082.38
20103.642.79
20093.893.05
20083.742.68
20073.292.65
20063.33.32
20053.383.04
20043.472.84
20033.462.41
20023.422.18
20013.322.42
20003.032.3
19993.762.41
19983.442.63
19972.82.5
19964.452.25
19952.832.15
19942.512.07
19932.531.7
19922.111.79
19911.852.17
19901.862.94
19892.194.56
19882.26.27
19871.985.89
19861.956.08
19852.056.51
19842.336.36
19832.227.1
19821.717.91
19811.768.19
19801.835.34
19791.675.8
19781.5511.11
19771.4410.19
19761.4911.25
19751.7412.07
19741.588.75
19731.691.87
19721.972.28
19713.373.05
19702.265.86
19692.065.97
19682.395.18
19673.124.46
19663.173.82
19653.193.25
19643.182.88
19633.522.59
19623.12.31
19612.142.35
19601.882.3
19591.83–
19582.36–
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Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
  • Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
  • Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
  • Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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