Czechia vs Sweden
Czechia vs Sweden: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $660 in Czechia and $1,549 in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by $889, or 2.35 times that in Czechia.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sweden has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
- In 2025, Czechia ranked 33 and Sweden ranked 10 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Czechia | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $660 | $1,549 |
| 2024 | $603 | $1,139 |
| 2023 | $419 | $835 |
| 2022 | $370 | $739 |
| 2021 | $372 | $731 |
| 2020 | $303 | $607 |
| 2019 | $282 | $571 |
| 2018 | $261 | $567 |
| 2017 | $199 | $554 |
| 2016 | $186 | $551 |
| 2015 | $169 | $553 |
| 2014 | $192 | $680 |
| 2013 | $205 | $683 |
| 2012 | $211 | $658 |
| 2011 | $236 | $672 |
| 2010 | $239 | $630 |
| 2009 | $261 | $547 |
| 2008 | $282 | $656 |
| 2007 | $262 | $701 |
| 2006 | $238 | $616 |
| 2005 | $238 | $612 |
| 2004 | $199 | $614 |
| 2003 | $184 | $593 |
| 2002 | $146 | $489 |
| 2001 | $116 | $465 |
| 2000 | $113 | $541 |
| 1999 | $118 | $582 |
| 1998 | $114 | $580 |
| 1997 | $96 | $588 |
| 1996 | $109 | $702 |
| 1995 | $103 | $650 |
| 1994 | $91 | $590 |
| 1993 | $79 | $577 |
| 1992 | – | $743 |
| 1991 | – | $724 |
| 1990 | – | $724 |
| 1989 | – | $595 |
| 1988 | – | $585 |
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Each country on its own
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.
- 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.
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 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