Colombia vs Ireland
Colombia vs Ireland: Arms exports
Arms exports: 4 million TIV in Colombia in 2020 and 24 million TIV in Ireland in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2012 the value was higher in Ireland, by 44 million TIV.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ireland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2012.
- The world as a whole: 27.9 billion TIV in 2012.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Colombia | Ireland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 24 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 18 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 46 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 13 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 4 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 10 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 10 million | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 10 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 23 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 44 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 0 | 44 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 1 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 42 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 45 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 45 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 51 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 53 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 26 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 6 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 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 Ireland
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023Ireland: 82.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Ireland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ireland: 2.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterColombia: 73.9% in 2022Ireland: 96% in 2022
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017Ireland: 4.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateColombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Ireland: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023Ireland: 5.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023Ireland: 1.19% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023Ireland: 1.6 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025Ireland: 64.6% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023Ireland: 38.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023Ireland: 15.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023Ireland: 8.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025Ireland: 0.22% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsColombia: $13.7B in 2025Ireland: $1.46B in 2025
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025Ireland: $272 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingColombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025Ireland: 0.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020Ireland: 9,000 people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022Ireland: 0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020Ireland: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsColombia: 22 million TIV in 2025Ireland: 14 million TIV in 2025