Colombia vs Italy: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 22 million TIV in Colombia and 566 million TIV in Italy, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 544 million TIV, or 26 times that in Colombia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Italy has been higher since 2015, when it overtook Colombia.
In 2025, Colombia ranked 71 and Italy ranked 18 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	Italy	World
2025	22 million	566 million	33.3 billion
2024	12 million	494 million	30.6 billion
2023	3 million	425 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	237 million	33 billion
2021	45 million	211 million	26.8 billion
2020	80 million	201 million	23.4 billion
2019	22 million	178 million	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	275 million	27.3 billion
2017	91 million	709 million	31.2 billion
2016	18 million	734 million	31.4 billion
2015	193 million	237 million	28.7 billion
2014	170 million	127 million	27 billion
2013	173 million	71 million	27.4 billion
2012	200 million	189 million	27.9 billion
2011	145 million	286 million	29.9 billion
2010	259 million	98 million	25.8 billion
2009	263 million	94 million	24 billion
2008	110 million	159 million	24.1 billion
2007	237 million	467 million	26.5 billion
2006	54 million	384 million	24.4 billion
2005	18 million	136 million	21.3 billion
2004	18 million	490 million	21.3 billion
2003	145 million	617 million	19.2 billion
2002	173 million	240 million	17.7 billion
2001	268 million	234 million	18.3 billion
2000	68 million	278 million	20.5 billion
1999	44 million	25 million	25.3 billion
1998	160 million	56 million	27.9 billion
1997	193 million	474 million	28.9 billion
1996	49 million	265 million	23.7 billion
1995	35 million	322 million	22.9 billion
1994	42 million	180 million	22.8 billion
1993	68 million	205 million	25.8 billion
1992	36 million	192 million	24.3 billion
1991	72 million	210 million	27.8 billion
1990	13 million	155 million	28.6 billion
1989	218 million	196 million	31.7 billion
1988	37 million	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	4 million	183 million	36.2 billion
1986	6 million	198 million	35.5 billion
1985	7 million	205 million	33.2 billion
1984	660 million	273 million	36.8 billion
1983	300 million	303 million	39.1 billion
1982	18 million	241 million	41.4 billion
1981	28 million	129 million	42 billion
1980	12 million	468 million	37.4 billion
1979	36 million	591 million	33.3 billion
1978	12 million	682 million	39.2 billion
1977	8 million	517 million	37 billion
1976	10 million	711 million	33 billion
1975	291 million	1.02 billion	34.2 billion
1974	5 million	1.12 billion	32.9 billion
1973	163 million	1.02 billion	32.6 billion
1972	171 million	1.77 billion	28.7 billion
1971	40 million	1.1 billion	29.3 billion
1970	8 million	685 million	22.1 billion
1969	121 million	611 million	24.7 billion
1968	32 million	196 million	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	107 million	22.1 billion
1966	32 million	412 million	22.4 billion
1965	18 million	736 million	23.1 billion
1964	9 million	1.14 billion	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	1.22 billion	18.1 billion
1962	6 million	886 million	15.5 billion
1961	66 million	427 million	15 billion
1960	5 million	409 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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