Colombia vs Tanzania
Colombia vs Tanzania: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 22 million TIV in Colombia and 4 million TIV in Tanzania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Colombia, by 18 million TIV, or 5.5 times that in Tanzania.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Colombia has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Tanzania.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Colombia | Tanzania | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 million | 4 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 12 million | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 3 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 50 million | – | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 45 million | 53 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 80 million | 9 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 22 million | – | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 16 million | 17 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 91 million | 2 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 18 million | 20 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 193 million | 20 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 170 million | 14 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 173 million | 130 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 200 million | 115 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 145 million | 78 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 259 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 263 million | 29 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 110 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 237 million | 1 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 54 million | 12 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 18 million | 10 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 18 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 145 million | 51 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 173 million | 1 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 268 million | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 68 million | 2 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 44 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 160 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 193 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 49 million | 4 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 35 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 42 million | 5 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 68 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 36 million | 18 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 72 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 13 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 218 million | 5 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 37 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 4 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 6 million | 1 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 7 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 660 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 300 million | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 18 million | 9 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 28 million | 121 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 12 million | 53 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 36 million | 260 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 12 million | 67 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 8 million | 47 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 10 million | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 291 million | 48 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 5 million | 185 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 163 million | 121 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 171 million | 51 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 40 million | 60 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 8 million | 11 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 121 million | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 32 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 15 million | 1 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 32 million | 22 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 18 million | 4 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 9 million | 4 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 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Colombia vs Tanzania
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023Tanzania: 67 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Tanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterColombia: 73.9% in 2022Tanzania: 11.3% in 2022
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017Tanzania: 3.69% in 2017
- Suicide rateColombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Tanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023Tanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023Tanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023Tanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025Tanzania: 36.9% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023Tanzania: 17.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023Tanzania: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023Tanzania: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025Tanzania: 1.16% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsColombia: $13.7B in 2025Tanzania: $983M in 2025
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025Tanzania: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingColombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025Tanzania: 5.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020Tanzania: 28,000 people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022Tanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020Tanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020