Colombia vs Sweden
Colombia vs Sweden: Arms exports
Arms exports: 4 million TIV in Colombia in 2020 and 235 million TIV in Sweden in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Sweden, by 259 million TIV, or 66 times that in Colombia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sweden has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2002.
- The world as a whole: 24.1 billion TIV in 2020.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Colombia | Sweden | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 235 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 405 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 373 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 83 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 236 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 4 million | 263 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 10 million | 121 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 135 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 10 million | 75 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 248 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 178 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 340 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 383 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 0 | 436 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 658 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 612 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 389 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 461 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 332 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 384 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 536 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 297 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 516 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 6 million | 164 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 892 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 355 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 383 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 332 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 99 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 344 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 226 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 111 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 103 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 147 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 155 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 224 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 401 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 512 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 230 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 320 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 215 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 227 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 118 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 120 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 127 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 157 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 261 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 55 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 75 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 101 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 69 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 75 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 15 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 163 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 547 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 158 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 36 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 60 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 55 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 56 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | 32 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | 22 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 13 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 44 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 46 million | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 38 million | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- 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 Sweden
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023Sweden: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Sweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterColombia: 73.9% in 2022Sweden: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017Sweden: 4.49% in 2017
- Suicide rateColombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Sweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023Sweden: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023Sweden: 0.56% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023Sweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025Sweden: 89.1% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023Sweden: 39.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023Sweden: 20.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023Sweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025Sweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsColombia: $13.7B in 2025Sweden: $15B in 2025
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025Sweden: $1,549 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingColombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025Sweden: 5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020Sweden: 15,000 people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022Sweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020Sweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsColombia: 22 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 146 million TIV in 2025