Colombia vs South Africa: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 22 million TIV in Colombia and 30 million TIV in South Africa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Africa, by 8 million TIV, or 1.36 times that in Colombia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

South Africa has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Colombia.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Colombia	South Africa	World
2025	22 million	30 million	33.3 billion
2024	12 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	3 million	30 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	30 million	33 billion
2021	45 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	80 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	22 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	91 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	18 million	–	31.4 billion
2015	193 million	2 million	28.7 billion
2014	170 million	50 million	27 billion
2013	173 million	1 million	27.4 billion
2012	200 million	127 million	27.9 billion
2011	145 million	208 million	29.9 billion
2010	259 million	178 million	25.8 billion
2009	263 million	134 million	24 billion
2008	110 million	493 million	24.1 billion
2007	237 million	910 million	26.5 billion
2006	54 million	741 million	24.4 billion
2005	18 million	262 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	18 million	18.3 billion
2000	68 million	6 million	20.5 billion
1999	44 million	21 million	25.3 billion
1998	160 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	193 million	11 million	28.9 billion
1996	49 million	38 million	23.7 billion
1995	35 million	38 million	22.9 billion
1994	42 million	239 million	22.8 billion
1993	68 million	238 million	25.8 billion
1992	36 million	361 million	24.3 billion
1991	72 million	26 million	27.8 billion
1990	13 million	10 million	28.6 billion
1989	218 million	11 million	31.7 billion
1988	37 million	17 million	32.9 billion
1987	4 million	20 million	36.2 billion
1986	6 million	191 million	35.5 billion
1985	7 million	25 million	33.2 billion
1984	660 million	100 million	36.8 billion
1983	300 million	192 million	39.1 billion
1982	18 million	44 million	41.4 billion
1981	28 million	122 million	42 billion
1980	12 million	192 million	37.4 billion
1979	36 million	125 million	33.3 billion
1978	12 million	389 million	39.2 billion
1977	8 million	500 million	37 billion
1976	10 million	419 million	33 billion
1975	291 million	235 million	34.2 billion
1974	5 million	177 million	32.9 billion
1973	163 million	369 million	32.6 billion
1972	171 million	291 million	28.7 billion
1971	40 million	309 million	29.3 billion
1970	8 million	511 million	22.1 billion
1969	121 million	211 million	24.7 billion
1968	32 million	217 million	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	299 million	22.1 billion
1966	32 million	496 million	22.4 billion
1965	18 million	386 million	23.1 billion
1964	9 million	302 million	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	520 million	18.1 billion
1962	6 million	232 million	15.5 billion
1961	66 million	–	15 billion
1960	5 million	13 million	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

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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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