Romania vs Sweden
Romania vs Sweden: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $8.81B in Romania and $15B in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by $6.14B, or 1.7 times that in Romania.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sweden has been higher since 1990, when it overtook Romania.
- In 2025, Romania ranked 33 and Sweden ranked 26 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Romania | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $8.81B | $15B |
| 2024 | $8.32B | $12.1B |
| 2023 | $5.92B | $9.07B |
| 2022 | $6.17B | $8.25B |
| 2021 | $6.36B | $7.44B |
| 2020 | $6.5B | $6.75B |
| 2019 | $6.08B | $6.49B |
| 2018 | $5.56B | $5.96B |
| 2017 | $5B | $5.77B |
| 2016 | $3.68B | $5.77B |
| 2015 | $3.49B | $5.7B |
| 2014 | $3.02B | $5.64B |
| 2013 | $2.77B | $5.32B |
| 2012 | $2.57B | $5.29B |
| 2011 | $2.64B | $5.18B |
| 2010 | $2.56B | $5.51B |
| 2009 | $2.78B | $5.09B |
| 2008 | $3.26B | $5.19B |
| 2007 | $2.96B | $5.84B |
| 2006 | $3.09B | $5.69B |
| 2005 | $3B | $5.78B |
| 2004 | $2.83B | $5.7B |
| 2003 | $2.63B | $6.06B |
| 2002 | $2.55B | $6.11B |
| 2001 | $2.57B | $6.27B |
| 2000 | $2.45B | $6.61B |
| 1999 | $2.57B | $6.47B |
| 1998 | $2.85B | $6.23B |
| 1997 | $3.14B | $6.05B |
| 1996 | $2.8B | $6.38B |
| 1995 | $2.88B | $6.3B |
| 1994 | $2.95B | $6.28B |
| 1993 | $2.48B | $6.3B |
| 1992 | $4.1B | $6.32B |
| 1991 | $5.24B | $6.5B |
| 1990 | $5.06B | $6.9B |
| 1989 | $11.5B | $6.77B |
| 1988 | $10.8B | $6.7B |
| 1987 | $9.89B | $6.66B |
| 1986 | $12.1B | $6.24B |
| 1985 | $11.4B | $6.14B |
| 1984 | $5.04B | $6.05B |
| 1983 | $4.94B | $5.97B |
| 1982 | $4.81B | $6.04B |
| 1981 | $5.34B | $6.19B |
| 1980 | $5.29B | $6.3B |
| 1979 | – | $6.45B |
| 1978 | – | $6.21B |
| 1977 | – | $6.04B |
| 1976 | – | $5.99B |
| 1975 | – | $6B |
| 1974 | – | $5.85B |
| 1973 | – | $5.8B |
| 1972 | – | $5.78B |
| 1971 | – | $5.61B |
| 1970 | – | $5.49B |
| 1969 | – | $5.34B |
| 1968 | – | $5.07B |
| 1967 | – | $5.07B |
| 1966 | – | $5.2B |
| 1965 | – | $5.15B |
| 1964 | – | $4.86B |
| 1963 | – | $4.62B |
| 1962 | – | $4.33B |
| 1961 | – | $4.03B |
| 1960 | – | $3.84B |
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Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Romania vs Sweden
Health
- Life expectancyRomania: 75.9 years in 2023Sweden: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityRomania: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024Sweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityRomania: 4.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterRomania: 82.1% in 2022Sweden: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionRomania: 2.36% in 2017Sweden: 4.49% in 2017
- Suicide rateRomania: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Sweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationRomania: 19.1 million people in 2023Sweden: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthRomania: -0.53% a year in 2023Sweden: 0.56% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateRomania: 1.71 births per woman in 2023Sweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationRomania: 52.2% in 2025Sweden: 89.1% in 2025
- Median ageRomania: 42.6 years in 2023Sweden: 39.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overRomania: 19.8% in 2023Sweden: 20.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateRomania: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Sweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingRomania: 2.28% of GDP in 2025Sweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personRomania: $513 in 2025Sweden: $1,549 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingRomania: 5.6% of government spending in 2025Sweden: 5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelRomania: 128,000 people in 2020Sweden: 15,000 people in 2020
- National powerRomania: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Sweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersRomania: 1.52% of the labour force in 2020Sweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsRomania: 421 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsRomania: 132 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 235 million TIV in 2025