Pakistan vs Sweden
Pakistan vs Sweden: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 127 million TIV in Pakistan and 235 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by 108 million TIV, or 1.85 times that in Pakistan.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sweden has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1967.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Pakistan | Sweden | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 127 million | 235 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 6 million | 405 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 5 million | 373 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1 million | 83 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 72 million | 236 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 263 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 1 million | 121 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 3 million | 135 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 3 million | 75 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 1 million | 248 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 178 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 340 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 383 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 436 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 658 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 612 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 389 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 1 million | 461 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 332 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 4 million | 384 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 26 million | 536 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 9 million | 297 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 8 million | 516 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 9 million | 164 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 892 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 4 million | 355 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 383 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 332 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 99 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 344 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 226 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 2 million | 111 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 103 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 147 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 3 million | 155 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 82 million | 224 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 1 million | 401 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 512 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 230 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 320 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 12 million | 215 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 227 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 118 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 30 million | 120 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 30 million | 127 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 15 million | 157 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 261 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 55 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 75 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 101 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 69 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 75 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 15 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 163 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 3 million | 547 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 158 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 36 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 60 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 6 million | 55 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 56 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | 32 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | 22 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 13 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 44 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 46 million | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 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
Pakistan vs Sweden
Health
- Life expectancyPakistan: 67.7 years in 2023Sweden: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024Sweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterPakistan: 50.6% in 2022Sweden: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionPakistan: 3.33% in 2017Sweden: 4.49% in 2017
- Suicide ratePakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Sweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPakistan: 248 million people in 2023Sweden: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthPakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023Sweden: 0.56% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023Sweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPakistan: 39.5% in 2025Sweden: 89.1% in 2025
- Median agePakistan: 20.3 years in 2023Sweden: 39.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPakistan: 4.2% in 2023Sweden: 20.5% in 2023
- Net migration ratePakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Sweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPakistan: 2.91% of GDP in 2025Sweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsPakistan: $11.5B in 2025Sweden: $15B in 2025
- Military spending per personPakistan: $47 in 2025Sweden: $1,549 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPakistan: 13.8% of government spending in 2025Sweden: 5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPakistan: 943,000 people in 2020Sweden: 15,000 people in 2020
- National powerPakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022Sweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020Sweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPakistan: 706 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 146 million TIV in 2025