Ireland vs Sweden

Ireland vs Sweden: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 0.22% of GDP in Ireland and 2.47% of GDP in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by 2.25 percentage points, or 11 times that in Ireland.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Ireland vs Sweden: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 0.22% of GDP in Ireland and 2.47% of GDP in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by 2.25 percentage points, or 11 times that in Ireland.
IrelandSwedenSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Sweden has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
  • In 2025, Ireland ranked 146 and Sweden ranked 38 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearIrelandSweden
20250.222.47
20240.221.99
20230.221.52
20220.211.34
20210.241.2
20200.261.15
20190.271.1
20180.281.04
20170.31.03
20160.331.06
20150.331.07
20140.451.14
20130.491.12
20120.511.14
20110.541.11
20100.581.19
20090.61.17
20080.581.17
20070.511.3
20060.511.32
20050.541.41
20040.571.43
20030.591.59
20020.631.63
20010.71.7
20000.71.82
19990.751.88
19980.821.9
19970.921.94
19960.992.13
19951.022.15
19941.112.25
19931.142.36
19921.22.44
19911.252.45
19901.22.57
19891.112.51
19881.22.59
19871.282.65
19861.422.59
19851.422.67
19841.412.67
19831.492.74
19821.592.85
19811.582.95
19801.672.92
19791.583.12
19781.483.15
19771.533.1
19761.623
19751.633.08
19741.413.22
19731.313.28
19721.333.41
19711.243.41
19701.163.36
19691.13.46
19681.133.48
19671.193.61
19661.233.86
19651.333.91
19641.33.87
19631.243.97
19621.293.86
19611.323.72
19601.333.78
19591.42–
19581.45–
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Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
  • 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.

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