Colombia vs United Kingdom

Colombia vs United Kingdom: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 3.2% of GDP in Colombia and 2.35% of GDP in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Colombia, by 0.85 percentage points, or 1.36 times that in United Kingdom.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Colombia vs United Kingdom: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 3.2% of GDP in Colombia and 2.35% of GDP in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Colombia, by 0.85 percentage points, or 1.36 times that in United Kingdom.
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What the numbers say

  • Colombia has been higher since 1996, when it overtook United Kingdom.
  • In 2025, Colombia ranked 21 and United Kingdom ranked 41 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearColombiaUnited Kingdom
20253.22.35
20243.312.44
20232.942.15
20222.82.01
20213.22.04
20203.532.14
20193.151.97
20183.031.93
20173.211.94
20163.071.97
20153.112.04
20143.112.17
20133.272.28
20123.162.41
20113.082.49
20103.642.56
20093.892.64
20083.742.48
20073.292.37
20063.32.36
20053.382.42
20043.472.48
20033.462.54
20023.422.47
20013.322.39
20003.032.35
19993.762.41
19983.442.48
19972.82.54
19964.452.71
19952.832.84
19942.513.38
19932.533.59
19922.113.87
19911.854.12
19901.863.98
19892.194.04
19882.24.21
19871.984.69
19861.955.06
19852.055.32
19842.335.51
19832.225.4
19821.715.38
19811.764.98
19801.835.02
19791.674.68
19781.554.73
19771.444.92
19761.495.18
19751.745.34
19741.585.07
19731.694.91
19721.975.17
19713.375.08
19702.265.2
19692.065.5
19682.395.94
19673.126.24
19663.176.25
19653.196.44
19643.186.6
19633.526.8
19623.16.94
19612.146.92
19601.887.09
19591.837.29
19582.367.63
1957–7.99
1956–8.56
1955–9.09
1954–10.06
1953–10.96
1952–10.37
1951–8.3
1950–7.21
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Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
  • Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
  • Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
  • Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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