Czechia vs Sweden
Czechia vs Sweden: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 38.4% in Czechia and 68.6% in Sweden, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Sweden, by 30.2 percentage points, or 1.79 times that in Czechia.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Sweden has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
- In 2024, Czechia ranked 85 and Sweden ranked 19 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Czechia | Sweden | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38.4 | 68.6 | – |
| 2023 | 38.2 | 68.6 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 38.1 | 68.6 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 38 | 68.6 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 37.9 | 68.6 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 37.8 | 68.6 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 37.7 | 68.6 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 37.6 | 68.7 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 37.6 | 68.7 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 37.5 | 68.7 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 37.4 | 68.7 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 37.4 | 68.8 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 37.4 | 68.8 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 37.3 | 68.9 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 37.3 | 68.9 | 32 |
| 2009 | 37.3 | 68.9 | 32 |
| 2008 | 37.3 | 69 | 32 |
| 2007 | 37.2 | 69 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 37.2 | 69 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 37.2 | 69 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 37.2 | 69.1 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 37.1 | 69.1 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 37.1 | 69.1 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 37.1 | 69.1 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 37.1 | 69.1 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 37.1 | 69.1 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 37 | 69.1 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 37 | 69.1 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 37 | 69 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 36.9 | 69 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 36.9 | 69 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 36.9 | 69 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | – | 68.9 | 33 |
| 1991 | – | 68.9 | – |
| 1990 | – | 68.9 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- 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
Czechia vs Sweden
Health
- Life expectancyCzechia: 79.8 years in 2023Sweden: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCzechia: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Sweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCzechia: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCzechia: 97.9% in 2022Sweden: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionCzechia: 2.68% in 2017Sweden: 4.49% in 2017
- Suicide rateCzechia: 10.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Sweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCzechia: 10.8 million people in 2023Sweden: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthCzechia: -0.34% a year in 2023Sweden: 0.56% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCzechia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023Sweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCzechia: 72.9% in 2025Sweden: 89.1% in 2025
- Median ageCzechia: 42.7 years in 2023Sweden: 39.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCzechia: 20.6% in 2023Sweden: 20.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateCzechia: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Sweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCzechia: 1.84% of GDP in 2025Sweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCzechia: $6.49B in 2025Sweden: $15B in 2025
- Military spending per personCzechia: $660 in 2025Sweden: $1,549 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCzechia: 4.2% of government spending in 2025Sweden: 5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCzechia: 27,000 people in 2020Sweden: 15,000 people in 2020
- National powerCzechia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Sweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCzechia: 0.51% of the labour force in 2020Sweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCzechia: 19 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCzechia: 137 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 235 million TIV in 2025