Colombia vs Singapore: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 22 million TIV in Colombia and 57 million TIV in Singapore, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 35 million TIV, or 2.59 times that in Colombia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Singapore has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Colombia.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Colombia	Singapore	World
2025	22 million	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	12 million	378 million	30.6 billion
2023	3 million	495 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	516 million	33 billion
2021	45 million	226 million	26.8 billion
2020	80 million	176 million	23.4 billion
2019	22 million	487 million	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	562 million	27.3 billion
2017	91 million	408 million	31.2 billion
2016	18 million	642 million	31.4 billion
2015	193 million	152 million	28.7 billion
2014	170 million	66 million	27 billion
2013	173 million	753 million	27.4 billion
2012	200 million	746 million	27.9 billion
2011	145 million	879 million	29.9 billion
2010	259 million	937 million	25.8 billion
2009	263 million	1.4 billion	24 billion
2008	110 million	1.11 billion	24.1 billion
2007	237 million	396 million	26.5 billion
2006	54 million	74 million	24.4 billion
2005	18 million	538 million	21.3 billion
2004	18 million	374 million	21.3 billion
2003	145 million	79 million	19.2 billion
2002	173 million	229 million	17.7 billion
2001	268 million	246 million	18.3 billion
2000	68 million	782 million	20.5 billion
1999	44 million	302 million	25.3 billion
1998	160 million	798 million	27.9 billion
1997	193 million	613 million	28.9 billion
1996	49 million	159 million	23.7 billion
1995	35 million	302 million	22.9 billion
1994	42 million	179 million	22.8 billion
1993	68 million	170 million	25.8 billion
1992	36 million	115 million	24.3 billion
1991	72 million	373 million	27.8 billion
1990	13 million	513 million	28.6 billion
1989	218 million	231 million	31.7 billion
1988	37 million	541 million	32.9 billion
1987	4 million	302 million	36.2 billion
1986	6 million	84 million	35.5 billion
1985	7 million	123 million	33.2 billion
1984	660 million	83 million	36.8 billion
1983	300 million	242 million	39.1 billion
1982	18 million	171 million	41.4 billion
1981	28 million	167 million	42 billion
1980	12 million	371 million	37.4 billion
1979	36 million	313 million	33.3 billion
1978	12 million	50 million	39.2 billion
1977	8 million	171 million	37 billion
1976	10 million	252 million	33 billion
1975	291 million	253 million	34.2 billion
1974	5 million	282 million	32.9 billion
1973	163 million	89 million	32.6 billion
1972	171 million	181 million	28.7 billion
1971	40 million	171 million	29.3 billion
1970	8 million	92 million	22.1 billion
1969	121 million	139 million	24.7 billion
1968	32 million	6 million	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	32 million	8 million	22.4 billion
1965	18 million	1 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

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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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