Colombia vs Switzerland: Arms imports

Arms imports: 22 million TIV in Colombia in 2025 and 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 30 million TIV, or 11 times that in Colombia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Switzerland has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Colombia.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Colombia	Switzerland	World
2025	22 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	12 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	3 million	33 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	15 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	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	193 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	170 million	5 million	27 billion
2013	173 million	–	27.4 billion
2012	200 million	2 million	27.9 billion
2011	145 million	24 million	29.9 billion
2010	259 million	38 million	25.8 billion
2009	263 million	36 million	24 billion
2008	110 million	15 million	24.1 billion
2007	237 million	108 million	26.5 billion
2006	54 million	83 million	24.4 billion
2005	18 million	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	18 million	203 million	21.3 billion
2003	145 million	117 million	19.2 billion
2002	173 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	268 million	60 million	18.3 billion
2000	68 million	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	44 million	499 million	25.3 billion
1998	160 million	428 million	27.9 billion
1997	193 million	375 million	28.9 billion
1996	49 million	187 million	23.7 billion
1995	35 million	93 million	22.9 billion
1994	42 million	114 million	22.8 billion
1993	68 million	98 million	25.8 billion
1992	36 million	381 million	24.3 billion
1991	72 million	469 million	27.8 billion
1990	13 million	433 million	28.6 billion
1989	218 million	318 million	31.7 billion
1988	37 million	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	4 million	151 million	36.2 billion
1986	6 million	108 million	35.5 billion
1985	7 million	341 million	33.2 billion
1984	660 million	404 million	36.8 billion
1983	300 million	442 million	39.1 billion
1982	18 million	175 million	41.4 billion
1981	28 million	289 million	42 billion
1980	12 million	272 million	37.4 billion
1979	36 million	226 million	33.3 billion
1978	12 million	217 million	39.2 billion
1977	8 million	4 million	37 billion
1976	10 million	142 million	33 billion
1975	291 million	136 million	34.2 billion
1974	5 million	64 million	32.9 billion
1973	163 million	123 million	32.6 billion
1972	171 million	192 million	28.7 billion
1971	40 million	153 million	29.3 billion
1970	8 million	142 million	22.1 billion
1969	121 million	166 million	24.7 billion
1968	32 million	199 million	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	177 million	22.1 billion
1966	32 million	373 million	22.4 billion
1965	18 million	228 million	23.1 billion
1964	9 million	263 million	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	52 million	18.1 billion
1962	6 million	4 million	15.5 billion
1961	66 million	37 million	15 billion
1960	5 million	218 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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