Colombia vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 22 million TIV in Colombia and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 155 million TIV, or 8.05 times that in Colombia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Vietnam has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Colombia.
In 2025, Colombia ranked 71 and Vietnam ranked 38 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	Vietnam	World
2025	22 million	177 million	33.3 billion
2024	12 million	58 million	30.6 billion
2023	3 million	45 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	86 million	33 billion
2021	45 million	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	80 million	38 million	23.4 billion
2019	22 million	166 million	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	604 million	27.3 billion
2017	91 million	783 million	31.2 billion
2016	18 million	924 million	31.4 billion
2015	193 million	869 million	28.7 billion
2014	170 million	1.23 billion	27 billion
2013	173 million	360 million	27.4 billion
2012	200 million	782 million	27.9 billion
2011	145 million	1.02 billion	29.9 billion
2010	259 million	161 million	25.8 billion
2009	263 million	61 million	24 billion
2008	110 million	186 million	24.1 billion
2007	237 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	54 million	42 million	24.4 billion
2005	18 million	221 million	21.3 billion
2004	18 million	299 million	21.3 billion
2003	145 million	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	173 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	268 million	97 million	18.3 billion
2000	68 million	11 million	20.5 billion
1999	44 million	168 million	25.3 billion
1998	160 million	209 million	27.9 billion
1997	193 million	111 million	28.9 billion
1996	49 million	214 million	23.7 billion
1995	35 million	273 million	22.9 billion
1994	42 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	68 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	36 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	72 million	–	27.8 billion
1990	13 million	116 million	28.6 billion
1989	218 million	128 million	31.7 billion
1988	37 million	65 million	32.9 billion
1987	4 million	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	6 million	78 million	35.5 billion
1985	7 million	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	660 million	557 million	36.8 billion
1983	300 million	916 million	39.1 billion
1982	18 million	532 million	41.4 billion
1981	28 million	1.07 billion	42 billion
1980	12 million	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	36 million	1.25 billion	33.3 billion
1978	12 million	227 million	39.2 billion
1977	8 million	42 million	37 billion
1976	10 million	42 million	33 billion
1975	291 million	493 million	34.2 billion
1974	5 million	859 million	32.9 billion
1973	163 million	1.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	171 million	1.32 billion	28.7 billion
1971	40 million	1.2 billion	29.3 billion
1970	8 million	1.21 billion	22.1 billion
1969	121 million	909 million	24.7 billion
1968	32 million	1.18 billion	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	1.1 billion	22.1 billion
1966	32 million	1.14 billion	22.4 billion
1965	18 million	651 million	23.1 billion
1964	9 million	266 million	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	107 million	18.1 billion
1962	6 million	47 million	15.5 billion
1961	66 million	95 million	15 billion
1960	5 million	103 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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