Colombia vs Peru: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 22 million TIV in Colombia and 90 million TIV in Peru, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Peru, by 68 million TIV, or 4.09 times that in Colombia.
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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 22 million 2025 | 193 million | 71 of 110 |
| Peru | 90 million 2025 | 211 million | 46 of 110 |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- Peru has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Colombia.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Colombia | Peru | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 million | 90 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 12 million | 1 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 3 million | 22 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 50 million | 38 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 45 million | 62 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 80 million | 28 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 22 million | 0 | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 16 million | 103 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 91 million | 28 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 18 million | 168 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 193 million | 211 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 170 million | 153 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 173 million | 15 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 200 million | 5 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 145 million | 71 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 259 million | 46 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 263 million | 43 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 110 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 237 million | 172 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 54 million | 193 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 18 million | 368 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 18 million | 47 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 145 million | 22 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 173 million | 16 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 268 million | 10 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 68 million | 18 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 44 million | 95 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 160 million | 52 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 193 million | 373 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 49 million | 121 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 35 million | 47 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 42 million | 175 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 68 million | 43 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 36 million | 130 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 72 million | 108 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 13 million | 104 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 218 million | 11 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 37 million | 241 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 4 million | 611 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 6 million | 250 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 7 million | 215 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 660 million | 361 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 300 million | 320 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 18 million | 271 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 28 million | 857 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 12 million | 676 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 36 million | 641 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 12 million | 748 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 8 million | 933 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 10 million | 373 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 291 million | 555 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 5 million | 561 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 163 million | 476 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 171 million | 198 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 40 million | 157 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 8 million | 35 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 121 million | 96 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 32 million | 188 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 15 million | 26 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 32 million | 65 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 18 million | 52 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 9 million | 18 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 32 million | 24 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 6 million | 14 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 66 million | 96 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 5 million | 191 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time