Colombia vs United Kingdom: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 22 million TIV in Colombia and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 587 million TIV, or 28 times that in Colombia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher since 1990, when it overtook Colombia.
In 2025, Colombia ranked 71 and United Kingdom ranked 16 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	United Kingdom	World
2025	22 million	609 million	33.3 billion
2024	12 million	486 million	30.6 billion
2023	3 million	469 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	859 million	33 billion
2021	45 million	886 million	26.8 billion
2020	80 million	635 million	23.4 billion
2019	22 million	402 million	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	463 million	27.3 billion
2017	91 million	1 billion	31.2 billion
2016	18 million	288 million	31.4 billion
2015	193 million	424 million	28.7 billion
2014	170 million	217 million	27 billion
2013	173 million	509 million	27.4 billion
2012	200 million	566 million	27.9 billion
2011	145 million	347 million	29.9 billion
2010	259 million	461 million	25.8 billion
2009	263 million	381 million	24 billion
2008	110 million	575 million	24.1 billion
2007	237 million	817 million	26.5 billion
2006	54 million	375 million	24.4 billion
2005	18 million	31 million	21.3 billion
2004	18 million	212 million	21.3 billion
2003	145 million	770 million	19.2 billion
2002	173 million	721 million	17.7 billion
2001	268 million	1.29 billion	18.3 billion
2000	68 million	937 million	20.5 billion
1999	44 million	132 million	25.3 billion
1998	160 million	770 million	27.9 billion
1997	193 million	513 million	28.9 billion
1996	49 million	568 million	23.7 billion
1995	35 million	496 million	22.9 billion
1994	42 million	421 million	22.8 billion
1993	68 million	796 million	25.8 billion
1992	36 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	72 million	953 million	27.8 billion
1990	13 million	130 million	28.6 billion
1989	218 million	209 million	31.7 billion
1988	37 million	285 million	32.9 billion
1987	4 million	207 million	36.2 billion
1986	6 million	273 million	35.5 billion
1985	7 million	355 million	33.2 billion
1984	660 million	682 million	36.8 billion
1983	300 million	292 million	39.1 billion
1982	18 million	766 million	41.4 billion
1981	28 million	812 million	42 billion
1980	12 million	557 million	37.4 billion
1979	36 million	232 million	33.3 billion
1978	12 million	191 million	39.2 billion
1977	8 million	262 million	37 billion
1976	10 million	251 million	33 billion
1975	291 million	337 million	34.2 billion
1974	5 million	319 million	32.9 billion
1973	163 million	239 million	32.6 billion
1972	171 million	222 million	28.7 billion
1971	40 million	176 million	29.3 billion
1970	8 million	70 million	22.1 billion
1969	121 million	2.7 billion	24.7 billion
1968	32 million	2.35 billion	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	1.44 billion	22.1 billion
1966	32 million	242 million	22.4 billion
1965	18 million	166 million	23.1 billion
1964	9 million	133 million	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	159 million	18.1 billion
1962	6 million	38 million	15.5 billion
1961	66 million	34 million	15 billion
1960	5 million	26 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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