Israel vs Sweden
Israel vs Sweden: Government debt
Government debt in 2025: 67.9% of GDP in Israel and 34.6% of GDP in Sweden, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 33.3 percentage points, or 1.96 times that in Sweden.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
- In 2025, Israel ranked 40 and Sweden ranked 118 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Israel at 72.7% of GDP and Sweden at 30.7% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Israel | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67.9 | 34.6 |
| 2024 | 67.7 | 33.9 |
| 2023 | 61.9 | 32.2 |
| 2022 | 60.9 | 34.4 |
| 2021 | 68.2 | 37.2 |
| 2020 | 71.4 | 40.5 |
| 2019 | 59.5 | 36 |
| 2018 | 60.3 | 40.2 |
| 2017 | 60.1 | 41.9 |
| 2016 | 62 | 43.2 |
| 2015 | 63.2 | 44.8 |
| 2014 | 66.1 | 46.1 |
| 2013 | 66.4 | 41.2 |
| 2012 | 67.2 | 38.1 |
| 2011 | 67.5 | 37.8 |
| 2010 | 69.4 | 38.7 |
| 2009 | 73 | 41.3 |
| 2008 | 70.6 | 38 |
| 2007 | 71.2 | 39.3 |
| 2006 | 78.1 | 43.9 |
| 2005 | 85.7 | 49 |
| 2004 | 88.7 | 48.7 |
| 2003 | 90.1 | 49.5 |
| 2002 | 87.6 | 49.9 |
| 2001 | 81.4 | 52 |
| 2000 | 77.5 | 50.4 |
| 1999 | – | 60.3 |
| 1998 | – | 65.4 |
| 1997 | – | 67.7 |
| 1996 | – | 68.9 |
| 1995 | – | 68.7 |
| 1994 | – | 68.6 |
| 1993 | – | 66.1 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Israel | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 68.8 | 35.1 |
| 2027 | 69.5 | 35.5 |
| 2028 | 70.5 | 34.8 |
| 2029 | 71.2 | 33.6 |
| 2030 | 71.9 | 32.3 |
| 2031 | 72.7 | 30.7 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 149 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
Israel vs Sweden
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023Sweden: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIsrael: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Sweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIsrael: 99.5% in 2022Sweden: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017Sweden: 4.49% in 2017
- Suicide rateIsrael: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Sweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023Sweden: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023Sweden: 0.56% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023Sweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025Sweden: 89.1% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023Sweden: 39.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023Sweden: 20.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateIsrael: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Sweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIsrael: 7.81% of GDP in 2025Sweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIsrael: $43.7B in 2025Sweden: $15B in 2025
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025Sweden: $1,549 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIsrael: 17.8% of government spending in 2025Sweden: 5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIsrael: 178,000 people in 2020Sweden: 15,000 people in 2020
- National powerIsrael: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Sweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIsrael: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020Sweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIsrael: 537 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIsrael: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025Sweden: 235 million TIV in 2025