Colombia vs Israel
Colombia vs Israel: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 22 million TIV in Colombia and 537 million TIV in Israel, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 515 million TIV, or 24 times that in Colombia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Colombia.
- In 2025, Colombia ranked 71 and Israel ranked 20 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 | Israel | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 million | 537 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 12 million | 237 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 3 million | 863 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 50 million | 833 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 45 million | 458 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 80 million | 379 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 22 million | 516 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 16 million | 491 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 91 million | 565 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 18 million | 652 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 193 million | 694 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 170 million | 549 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 173 million | 160 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 200 million | 137 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 145 million | 86 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 259 million | 76 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 263 million | 162 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 110 million | 680 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 237 million | 840 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 54 million | 1.13 billion | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 18 million | 1.1 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 18 million | 846 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 145 million | 189 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 173 million | 350 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 268 million | 116 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 68 million | 389 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 44 million | 1.28 billion | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 160 million | 1.3 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 193 million | 67 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 49 million | 105 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 35 million | 372 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 42 million | 767 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 68 million | 716 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 36 million | 1.34 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 72 million | 1.21 billion | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 13 million | 81 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 218 million | 24 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 37 million | 582 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 4 million | 1.08 billion | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 6 million | 1.18 billion | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 7 million | 295 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 660 million | 270 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 300 million | 475 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 18 million | 866 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 28 million | 1.66 billion | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 12 million | 1.25 billion | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 36 million | 709 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 12 million | 1.22 billion | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 8 million | 1.23 billion | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 10 million | 2 billion | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 291 million | 1.18 billion | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 5 million | 1.03 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 163 million | 2.18 billion | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 171 million | 963 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 40 million | 1.41 billion | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 8 million | 1.19 billion | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 121 million | 1.37 billion | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 32 million | 926 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 15 million | 229 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 32 million | 460 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 18 million | 447 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 9 million | 415 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 32 million | 368 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 6 million | 279 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 66 million | 88 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 5 million | 164 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 Israel
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023Israel: 82.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Israel: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Israel: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterColombia: 73.9% in 2022Israel: 99.5% in 2022
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017Israel: 3.83% in 2017
- Suicide rateColombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Israel: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023Israel: 9.26 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023Israel: 1.42% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023Israel: 2.83 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025Israel: 91.6% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023Israel: 29.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023Israel: 12.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023Israel: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025Israel: 7.81% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsColombia: $13.7B in 2025Israel: $43.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025Israel: $5,108 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingColombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025Israel: 17.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020Israel: 178,000 people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022Israel: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020Israel: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsColombia: 4 million TIV in 2020Israel: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025