Colombia vs Netherlands
Colombia vs Netherlands: Arms exports
Arms exports: 4 million TIV in Colombia in 2020 and 601 million TIV in Netherlands in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 493 million TIV, or 120 times that in Colombia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Netherlands 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 | Netherlands | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 601 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 370 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 250 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 324 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 357 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 4 million | 497 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 10 million | 304 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 468 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 10 million | 1.14 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 487 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 469 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 643 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 384 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 0 | 906 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 541 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 366 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 504 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 452 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 1.23 billion | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 1.15 billion | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 496 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 202 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 331 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 6 million | 233 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 199 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 281 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 355 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 642 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 619 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 484 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 458 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 628 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 458 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 383 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 455 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 416 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 558 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 776 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 506 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 357 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 180 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 364 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 457 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 661 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 801 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 612 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 243 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 235 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 444 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 293 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 148 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 83 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 203 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 133 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 155 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 5 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 107 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 352 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 95 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 144 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | 40 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | 95 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 43 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 69 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 105 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 Netherlands
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Netherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterColombia: 73.9% in 2022Netherlands: 100% in 2022
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide rateColombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025Netherlands: 95.9% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025Netherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsColombia: $13.7B in 2025Netherlands: $27B in 2025
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025Netherlands: $1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingColombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsColombia: 22 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025