Colombia vs Russia
Colombia vs Russia: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 22 million TIV in Colombia and 129 million TIV in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 107 million TIV, or 5.86 times that in Colombia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Russia has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Colombia.
- In 2025, Colombia ranked 71 and Russia ranked 42 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 | Russia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 million | 129 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 12 million | 315 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 3 million | 95 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 50 million | 39 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 45 million | 6 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 80 million | 1 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 22 million | 5 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 16 million | 62 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 91 million | 94 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 18 million | 127 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 193 million | 113 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 170 million | 207 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 173 million | 185 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 200 million | 121 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 145 million | 10 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 259 million | 25 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 263 million | 8 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 110 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 237 million | 90 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 54 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 18 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 18 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 145 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 173 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 268 million | 2 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 68 million | 1.15 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 44 million | 368 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 160 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 193 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 49 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 35 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 42 million | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 68 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 36 million | 40 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 72 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 13 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 218 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 37 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 4 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 6 million | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 7 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 660 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 300 million | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 18 million | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 28 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 12 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 36 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 12 million | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 8 million | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 10 million | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 291 million | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 5 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 163 million | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 171 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 40 million | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 8 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 121 million | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 32 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 15 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 32 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 18 million | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 9 million | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 32 million | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 6 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 66 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 5 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Colombia vs Russia
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023Russia: 73.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Russia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Russia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterColombia: 73.9% in 2022Russia: 76.2% in 2022
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017Russia: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateColombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Russia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023Russia: 145 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023Russia: -0.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023Russia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025Russia: 75.3% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023Russia: 39.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023Russia: 16.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023Russia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025Russia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsColombia: $13.7B in 2025Russia: $158B in 2025
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025Russia: $1,318 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingColombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025Russia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020Russia: 1.45 million people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022Russia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020Russia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsColombia: 4 million TIV in 2020Russia: 1.94 billion TIV in 2025