Colombia vs Japan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 22 million TIV in Colombia and 1.72 billion TIV in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 1.69 billion TIV, or 78 times that in Colombia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Japan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
In 2025, Colombia ranked 71 and Japan ranked 5 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	Japan	World
2025	22 million	1.72 billion	33.3 billion
2024	12 million	1.04 billion	30.6 billion
2023	3 million	852 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	1.47 billion	33 billion
2021	45 million	1.01 billion	26.8 billion
2020	80 million	929 million	23.4 billion
2019	22 million	992 million	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	764 million	27.3 billion
2017	91 million	446 million	31.2 billion
2016	18 million	332 million	31.4 billion
2015	193 million	343 million	28.7 billion
2014	170 million	316 million	27 billion
2013	173 million	341 million	27.4 billion
2012	200 million	239 million	27.9 billion
2011	145 million	300 million	29.9 billion
2010	259 million	658 million	25.8 billion
2009	263 million	990 million	24 billion
2008	110 million	990 million	24.1 billion
2007	237 million	553 million	26.5 billion
2006	54 million	469 million	24.4 billion
2005	18 million	375 million	21.3 billion
2004	18 million	399 million	21.3 billion
2003	145 million	458 million	19.2 billion
2002	173 million	442 million	17.7 billion
2001	268 million	427 million	18.3 billion
2000	68 million	497 million	20.5 billion
1999	44 million	1.26 billion	25.3 billion
1998	160 million	1.49 billion	27.9 billion
1997	193 million	843 million	28.9 billion
1996	49 million	876 million	23.7 billion
1995	35 million	1.26 billion	22.9 billion
1994	42 million	1.02 billion	22.8 billion
1993	68 million	2.13 billion	25.8 billion
1992	36 million	2.52 billion	24.3 billion
1991	72 million	2.94 billion	27.8 billion
1990	13 million	2.68 billion	28.6 billion
1989	218 million	2.28 billion	31.7 billion
1988	37 million	2 billion	32.9 billion
1987	4 million	1.94 billion	36.2 billion
1986	6 million	1.89 billion	35.5 billion
1985	7 million	1.97 billion	33.2 billion
1984	660 million	2.05 billion	36.8 billion
1983	300 million	1.69 billion	39.1 billion
1982	18 million	1.44 billion	41.4 billion
1981	28 million	1.31 billion	42 billion
1980	12 million	1.03 billion	37.4 billion
1979	36 million	920 million	33.3 billion
1978	12 million	901 million	39.2 billion
1977	8 million	788 million	37 billion
1976	10 million	1.48 billion	33 billion
1975	291 million	1.6 billion	34.2 billion
1974	5 million	733 million	32.9 billion
1973	163 million	468 million	32.6 billion
1972	171 million	493 million	28.7 billion
1971	40 million	605 million	29.3 billion
1970	8 million	502 million	22.1 billion
1969	121 million	488 million	24.7 billion
1968	32 million	557 million	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	610 million	22.1 billion
1966	32 million	324 million	22.4 billion
1965	18 million	1.16 billion	23.1 billion
1964	9 million	1.72 billion	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	239 million	18.1 billion
1962	6 million	263 million	15.5 billion
1961	66 million	335 million	15 billion
1960	5 million	790 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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