Colombia vs Poland: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 22 million TIV in Colombia and 2.17 billion TIV in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 2.15 billion TIV, or 99 times that in Colombia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Poland has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Colombia.
In 2025, Colombia ranked 71 and Poland ranked 4 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	Poland	World
2025	22 million	2.17 billion	33.3 billion
2024	12 million	1.54 billion	30.6 billion
2023	3 million	1.39 billion	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	414 million	33 billion
2021	45 million	68 million	26.8 billion
2020	80 million	153 million	23.4 billion
2019	22 million	213 million	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	50 million	27.3 billion
2017	91 million	126 million	31.2 billion
2016	18 million	45 million	31.4 billion
2015	193 million	127 million	28.7 billion
2014	170 million	275 million	27 billion
2013	173 million	146 million	27.4 billion
2012	200 million	227 million	27.9 billion
2011	145 million	141 million	29.9 billion
2010	259 million	174 million	25.8 billion
2009	263 million	193 million	24 billion
2008	110 million	633 million	24.1 billion
2007	237 million	969 million	26.5 billion
2006	54 million	442 million	24.4 billion
2005	18 million	105 million	21.3 billion
2004	18 million	223 million	21.3 billion
2003	145 million	347 million	19.2 billion
2002	173 million	253 million	17.7 billion
2001	268 million	31 million	18.3 billion
2000	68 million	146 million	20.5 billion
1999	44 million	23 million	25.3 billion
1998	160 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	193 million	–	28.9 billion
1996	49 million	101 million	23.7 billion
1995	35 million	250 million	22.9 billion
1994	42 million	74 million	22.8 billion
1993	68 million	4 million	25.8 billion
1992	36 million	100 million	24.3 billion
1991	72 million	76 million	27.8 billion
1990	13 million	226 million	28.6 billion
1989	218 million	501 million	31.7 billion
1988	37 million	903 million	32.9 billion
1987	4 million	1.04 billion	36.2 billion
1986	6 million	1.39 billion	35.5 billion
1985	7 million	925 million	33.2 billion
1984	660 million	466 million	36.8 billion
1983	300 million	536 million	39.1 billion
1982	18 million	709 million	41.4 billion
1981	28 million	804 million	42 billion
1980	12 million	1.12 billion	37.4 billion
1979	36 million	1.19 billion	33.3 billion
1978	12 million	1.19 billion	39.2 billion
1977	8 million	1.02 billion	37 billion
1976	10 million	1.1 billion	33 billion
1975	291 million	887 million	34.2 billion
1974	5 million	1.06 billion	32.9 billion
1973	163 million	1.11 billion	32.6 billion
1972	171 million	958 million	28.7 billion
1971	40 million	1.01 billion	29.3 billion
1970	8 million	859 million	22.1 billion
1969	121 million	992 million	24.7 billion
1968	32 million	927 million	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	781 million	22.1 billion
1966	32 million	1 billion	22.4 billion
1965	18 million	1.16 billion	23.1 billion
1964	9 million	1.57 billion	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	1.02 billion	18.1 billion
1962	6 million	685 million	15.5 billion
1961	66 million	864 million	15 billion
1960	5 million	889 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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