Colombia vs South Korea: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 22 million TIV in Colombia and 222 million TIV in South Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 200 million TIV, or 10 times that in Colombia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

South Korea has been higher since 1985, when it overtook Colombia.
In 2025, Colombia ranked 71 and South Korea ranked 35 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	South Korea	World
2025	22 million	222 million	33.3 billion
2024	12 million	1.03 billion	30.6 billion
2023	3 million	218 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	423 million	33 billion
2021	45 million	812 million	26.8 billion
2020	80 million	1.27 billion	23.4 billion
2019	22 million	1.61 billion	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	1.03 billion	27.3 billion
2017	91 million	962 million	31.2 billion
2016	18 million	1.04 billion	31.4 billion
2015	193 million	268 million	28.7 billion
2014	170 million	742 million	27 billion
2013	173 million	189 million	27.4 billion
2012	200 million	1.08 billion	27.9 billion
2011	145 million	1.57 billion	29.9 billion
2010	259 million	1.3 billion	25.8 billion
2009	263 million	798 million	24 billion
2008	110 million	1.69 billion	24.1 billion
2007	237 million	1.73 billion	26.5 billion
2006	54 million	1.66 billion	24.4 billion
2005	18 million	801 million	21.3 billion
2004	18 million	1.06 billion	21.3 billion
2003	145 million	767 million	19.2 billion
2002	173 million	519 million	17.7 billion
2001	268 million	768 million	18.3 billion
2000	68 million	1.39 billion	20.5 billion
1999	44 million	1.64 billion	25.3 billion
1998	160 million	1.42 billion	27.9 billion
1997	193 million	1.22 billion	28.9 billion
1996	49 million	1.97 billion	23.7 billion
1995	35 million	1.95 billion	22.9 billion
1994	42 million	1.01 billion	22.8 billion
1993	68 million	1.01 billion	25.8 billion
1992	36 million	782 million	24.3 billion
1991	72 million	908 million	27.8 billion
1990	13 million	1.2 billion	28.6 billion
1989	218 million	1.84 billion	31.7 billion
1988	37 million	1.24 billion	32.9 billion
1987	4 million	773 million	36.2 billion
1986	6 million	857 million	35.5 billion
1985	7 million	760 million	33.2 billion
1984	660 million	524 million	36.8 billion
1983	300 million	496 million	39.1 billion
1982	18 million	673 million	41.4 billion
1981	28 million	872 million	42 billion
1980	12 million	877 million	37.4 billion
1979	36 million	1.32 billion	33.3 billion
1978	12 million	399 million	39.2 billion
1977	8 million	1.2 billion	37 billion
1976	10 million	556 million	33 billion
1975	291 million	661 million	34.2 billion
1974	5 million	458 million	32.9 billion
1973	163 million	269 million	32.6 billion
1972	171 million	413 million	28.7 billion
1971	40 million	250 million	29.3 billion
1970	8 million	100 million	22.1 billion
1969	121 million	586 million	24.7 billion
1968	32 million	359 million	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1966	32 million	578 million	22.4 billion
1965	18 million	632 million	23.1 billion
1964	9 million	332 million	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	214 million	18.1 billion
1962	6 million	65 million	15.5 billion
1961	66 million	113 million	15 billion
1960	5 million	122 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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