Colombia vs Venezuela

Colombia vs Venezuela: Military spending

Military spending: 3.2% of GDP in Colombia in 2025 and 2.23% of GDP in Venezuela in 2017, by SIPRI estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Colombia, by 0.98 percentage points, or 1.44 times that in Venezuela.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Colombia vs Venezuela: Military spendingMilitary spending: 3.2% of GDP in Colombia in 2025 and 2.23% of GDP in Venezuela in 2017, by SIPRI estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Colombia, by 0.98 percentage points, or 1.44 times that in Venezuela.
ColombiaVenezuelaSIPRI estimateHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

  • Colombia has been higher since 1990, when it overtook Venezuela.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearColombiaVenezuela
20253.2–
20243.31–
20232.94–
20222.8–
20213.2–
20203.53–
20193.15–
20183.03–
20173.212.23
20163.070.45
20153.110.94
20143.111.16
20133.271.67
20123.161.34
20113.081.13
20103.641.01
20093.891.23
20083.741.79
20073.291.89
20063.31.98
20053.381.83
20043.471.29
20033.461.18
20023.421.15
20013.321.56
20003.031.53
19993.761.44
19983.441.59
19972.81.8
19964.451.04
19952.831.55
19942.511.59
19932.532.15
19922.111.64
19911.851.84
19901.861.52
19892.192.79
19882.21.82
19871.981.63
19861.951.65
19852.051.37
19842.332.29
19832.222.97
19821.712.25
19811.761.52
19801.831.7
19791.671.92
19781.552.11
19771.442.07
19761.491.89
19751.742.59
19741.582.31
19731.692.47
19721.972.83
19713.372.7
19702.262.29
19692.062.5
19682.392.68
19673.122.86
19663.172.66
19653.192.64
19643.182.45
19633.522.55
19623.12.31
19612.141.42
19601.883.06
19591.832.96
19582.363.43
1957–3.22
1956–2.76
1955–2.58
  • Estimate
  • Highly uncertain

Each country on its own

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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