Colombia vs Venezuela: Arms imports

Arms imports: 22 million TIV in Colombia in 2025 and 98 million TIV in Venezuela in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Venezuela, by 95 million TIV, or 33 times that in Colombia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Venezuela has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Colombia.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Colombia	Venezuela	World
2025	22 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	12 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	3 million	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	–	33 billion
2021	45 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	80 million	79 million	23.4 billion
2019	22 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	14 million	27.3 billion
2017	91 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	18 million	95 million	31.4 billion
2015	193 million	138 million	28.7 billion
2014	170 million	186 million	27 billion
2013	173 million	1.01 billion	27.4 billion
2012	200 million	692 million	27.9 billion
2011	145 million	600 million	29.9 billion
2010	259 million	211 million	25.8 billion
2009	263 million	366 million	24 billion
2008	110 million	741 million	24.1 billion
2007	237 million	770 million	26.5 billion
2006	54 million	380 million	24.4 billion
2005	18 million	21 million	21.3 billion
2004	18 million	9 million	21.3 billion
2003	145 million	15 million	19.2 billion
2002	173 million	44 million	17.7 billion
2001	268 million	106 million	18.3 billion
2000	68 million	108 million	20.5 billion
1999	44 million	85 million	25.3 billion
1998	160 million	8 million	27.9 billion
1997	193 million	39 million	28.9 billion
1996	49 million	37 million	23.7 billion
1995	35 million	5 million	22.9 billion
1994	42 million	1 million	22.8 billion
1993	68 million	37 million	25.8 billion
1992	36 million	72 million	24.3 billion
1991	72 million	318 million	27.8 billion
1990	13 million	189 million	28.6 billion
1989	218 million	120 million	31.7 billion
1988	37 million	105 million	32.9 billion
1987	4 million	73 million	36.2 billion
1986	6 million	92 million	35.5 billion
1985	7 million	517 million	33.2 billion
1984	660 million	234 million	36.8 billion
1983	300 million	241 million	39.1 billion
1982	18 million	698 million	41.4 billion
1981	28 million	908 million	42 billion
1980	12 million	361 million	37.4 billion
1979	36 million	14 million	33.3 billion
1978	12 million	59 million	39.2 billion
1977	8 million	216 million	37 billion
1976	10 million	170 million	33 billion
1975	291 million	230 million	34.2 billion
1974	5 million	252 million	32.9 billion
1973	163 million	395 million	32.6 billion
1972	171 million	165 million	28.7 billion
1971	40 million	130 million	29.3 billion
1970	8 million	15 million	22.1 billion
1969	121 million	8 million	24.7 billion
1968	32 million	20 million	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	205 million	22.1 billion
1966	32 million	69 million	22.4 billion
1965	18 million	–	23.1 billion
1964	9 million	6 million	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	34 million	18.1 billion
1962	6 million	32 million	15.5 billion
1961	66 million	32 million	15 billion
1960	5 million	64 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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