Canada vs Sweden
Canada vs Sweden: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 312 million TIV in Canada and 235 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 77 million TIV, or 1.33 times that in Sweden.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Canada has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Sweden.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Canada | Sweden | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 312 million | 235 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 237 million | 405 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 276 million | 373 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 147 million | 83 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 144 million | 236 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 123 million | 263 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 223 million | 121 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 108 million | 135 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 63 million | 75 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 96 million | 248 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 298 million | 178 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 189 million | 340 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 170 million | 383 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 258 million | 436 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 277 million | 658 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 196 million | 612 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 198 million | 389 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 252 million | 461 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 334 million | 332 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 254 million | 384 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 234 million | 536 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 289 million | 297 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 302 million | 516 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 177 million | 164 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 124 million | 892 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 69 million | 355 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 80 million | 383 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 39 million | 332 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 97 million | 99 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 168 million | 344 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 248 million | 226 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 165 million | 111 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 152 million | 103 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 147 million | 147 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 93 million | 155 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 79 million | 224 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 33 million | 401 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 124 million | 512 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 250 million | 230 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 240 million | 320 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 83 million | 215 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 77 million | 227 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 97 million | 118 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 237 million | 120 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 105 million | 127 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 116 million | 157 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 163 million | 261 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 177 million | 55 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 138 million | 75 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 259 million | 101 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 59 million | 69 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 90 million | 75 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 118 million | 15 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 323 million | 163 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 290 million | 547 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 198 million | 158 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 183 million | 36 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 198 million | 60 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 73 million | 55 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 112 million | 56 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 121 million | 32 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 273 million | 22 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 245 million | 13 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 188 million | 44 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 300 million | 46 million | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 66 million | 38 million | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Canada vs Sweden
Health
- Life expectancyCanada: 82.6 years in 2023Sweden: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCanada: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Sweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCanada: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCanada: 99% in 2022Sweden: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionCanada: 3.99% in 2017Sweden: 4.49% in 2017
- Suicide rateCanada: 10.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Sweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCanada: 39.3 million people in 2023Sweden: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthCanada: 1.22% a year in 2023Sweden: 0.56% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCanada: 1.35 births per woman in 2023Sweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCanada: 82.9% in 2025Sweden: 89.1% in 2025
- Median ageCanada: 40.3 years in 2023Sweden: 39.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCanada: 19.4% in 2023Sweden: 20.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateCanada: 11 per 1,000 people in 2023Sweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCanada: 1.63% of GDP in 2025Sweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCanada: $37.5B in 2025Sweden: $15B in 2025
- Military spending per personCanada: $939 in 2025Sweden: $1,549 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCanada: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Sweden: 5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCanada: 72,000 people in 2020Sweden: 15,000 people in 2020
- National powerCanada: 0.81% of world capability in 2022Sweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCanada: 0.35% of the labour force in 2020Sweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCanada: 83 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 146 million TIV in 2025