Colombia vs Mexico: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 22 million TIV in Colombia and 9 million TIV in Mexico, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Colombia, by 13 million TIV, or 2.44 times that in Mexico.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Colombia has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Mexico.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Colombia	Mexico	World
2025	22 million	9 million	33.3 billion
2024	12 million	46 million	30.6 billion
2023	3 million	4 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	–	33 billion
2021	45 million	3 million	26.8 billion
2020	80 million	277 million	23.4 billion
2019	22 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	16 million	27.3 billion
2017	91 million	215 million	31.2 billion
2016	18 million	328 million	31.4 billion
2015	193 million	324 million	28.7 billion
2014	170 million	89 million	27 billion
2013	173 million	52 million	27.4 billion
2012	200 million	260 million	27.9 billion
2011	145 million	225 million	29.9 billion
2010	259 million	109 million	25.8 billion
2009	263 million	59 million	24 billion
2008	110 million	23 million	24.1 billion
2007	237 million	–	26.5 billion
2006	54 million	78 million	24.4 billion
2005	18 million	40 million	21.3 billion
2004	18 million	321 million	21.3 billion
2003	145 million	20 million	19.2 billion
2002	173 million	97 million	17.7 billion
2001	268 million	149 million	18.3 billion
2000	68 million	215 million	20.5 billion
1999	44 million	136 million	25.3 billion
1998	160 million	19 million	27.9 billion
1997	193 million	495 million	28.9 billion
1996	49 million	92 million	23.7 billion
1995	35 million	55 million	22.9 billion
1994	42 million	136 million	22.8 billion
1993	68 million	160 million	25.8 billion
1992	36 million	19 million	24.3 billion
1991	72 million	40 million	27.8 billion
1990	13 million	32 million	28.6 billion
1989	218 million	63 million	31.7 billion
1988	37 million	103 million	32.9 billion
1987	4 million	154 million	36.2 billion
1986	6 million	137 million	35.5 billion
1985	7 million	8 million	33.2 billion
1984	660 million	–	36.8 billion
1983	300 million	116 million	39.1 billion
1982	18 million	343 million	41.4 billion
1981	28 million	115 million	42 billion
1980	12 million	75 million	37.4 billion
1979	36 million	68 million	33.3 billion
1978	12 million	74 million	39.2 billion
1977	8 million	39 million	37 billion
1976	10 million	69 million	33 billion
1975	291 million	104 million	34.2 billion
1974	5 million	61 million	32.9 billion
1973	163 million	158 million	32.6 billion
1972	171 million	15 million	28.7 billion
1971	40 million	48 million	29.3 billion
1970	8 million	82 million	22.1 billion
1969	121 million	–	24.7 billion
1968	32 million	–	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	15 million	22.1 billion
1966	32 million	22 million	22.4 billion
1965	18 million	12 million	23.1 billion
1964	9 million	38 million	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	60 million	18.1 billion
1962	6 million	109 million	15.5 billion
1961	66 million	30 million	15 billion
1960	5 million	20 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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