Colombia
Military spending per person in Colombia
Military spending per person in Colombia: $28 in 1988 and $273 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $273
- Since 1988
- +$245
- Rank, 2025
- 52 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $273 in 2025, the lowest $28 in 1989.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Colombia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $273 |
| 2024 | $264 |
| 2023 | $207 |
| 2022 | $188 |
| 2021 | $200 |
| 2020 | $190 |
| 2019 | $206 |
| 2018 | $209 |
| 2017 | $210 |
| 2016 | $184 |
| 2015 | $195 |
| 2014 | $256 |
| 2013 | $272 |
| 2012 | $257 |
| 2011 | $229 |
| 2010 | $234 |
| 2009 | $205 |
| 2008 | $208 |
| 2007 | $158 |
| 2006 | $126 |
| 2005 | $117 |
| 2004 | $98 |
| 2003 | $81 |
| 2002 | $84 |
| 2001 | $83 |
| 2000 | $78 |
| 1999 | $85 |
| 1998 | $91 |
| 1997 | $81 |
| 1996 | $120 |
| 1995 | $74 |
| 1994 | $58 |
| 1993 | $45 |
| 1992 | $33 |
| 1991 | $28 |
| 1990 | $28 |
| 1989 | $28 |
| 1988 | $28 |
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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Colombia in numbers
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- Military spending3.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$13.7B in 2025
- Military share of state spending9.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel428,000 people in 2020
- National power0.57% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.7% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports22 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports4 million TIV in 2020