Colombia vs Thailand: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 22 million TIV in Colombia and 33 million TIV in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Thailand, by 11 million TIV, or 1.5 times that in Colombia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Thailand has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Colombia.
In 2025, Colombia ranked 71 and Thailand ranked 60 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	Thailand	World
2025	22 million	33 million	33.3 billion
2024	12 million	73 million	30.6 billion
2023	3 million	290 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	271 million	33 billion
2021	45 million	151 million	26.8 billion
2020	80 million	141 million	23.4 billion
2019	22 million	293 million	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	636 million	27.3 billion
2017	91 million	317 million	31.2 billion
2016	18 million	346 million	31.4 billion
2015	193 million	184 million	28.7 billion
2014	170 million	107 million	27 billion
2013	173 million	383 million	27.4 billion
2012	200 million	278 million	27.9 billion
2011	145 million	252 million	29.9 billion
2010	259 million	60 million	25.8 billion
2009	263 million	63 million	24 billion
2008	110 million	16 million	24.1 billion
2007	237 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	54 million	99 million	24.4 billion
2005	18 million	115 million	21.3 billion
2004	18 million	138 million	21.3 billion
2003	145 million	131 million	19.2 billion
2002	173 million	152 million	17.7 billion
2001	268 million	109 million	18.3 billion
2000	68 million	77 million	20.5 billion
1999	44 million	160 million	25.3 billion
1998	160 million	62 million	27.9 billion
1997	193 million	910 million	28.9 billion
1996	49 million	741 million	23.7 billion
1995	35 million	530 million	22.9 billion
1994	42 million	608 million	22.8 billion
1993	68 million	182 million	25.8 billion
1992	36 million	429 million	24.3 billion
1991	72 million	575 million	27.8 billion
1990	13 million	235 million	28.6 billion
1989	218 million	284 million	31.7 billion
1988	37 million	623 million	32.9 billion
1987	4 million	539 million	36.2 billion
1986	6 million	162 million	35.5 billion
1985	7 million	185 million	33.2 billion
1984	660 million	360 million	36.8 billion
1983	300 million	247 million	39.1 billion
1982	18 million	81 million	41.4 billion
1981	28 million	350 million	42 billion
1980	12 million	318 million	37.4 billion
1979	36 million	326 million	33.3 billion
1978	12 million	192 million	39.2 billion
1977	8 million	111 million	37 billion
1976	10 million	154 million	33 billion
1975	291 million	90 million	34.2 billion
1974	5 million	114 million	32.9 billion
1973	163 million	321 million	32.6 billion
1972	171 million	147 million	28.7 billion
1971	40 million	243 million	29.3 billion
1970	8 million	258 million	22.1 billion
1969	121 million	121 million	24.7 billion
1968	32 million	88 million	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	140 million	22.1 billion
1966	32 million	58 million	22.4 billion
1965	18 million	87 million	23.1 billion
1964	9 million	84 million	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	111 million	18.1 billion
1962	6 million	113 million	15.5 billion
1961	66 million	52 million	15 billion
1960	5 million	28 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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