Saudi Arabia vs Sweden

Saudi Arabia vs Sweden: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 6.48% of GDP in Saudi Arabia and 2.47% of GDP in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 4.01 percentage points, or 2.62 times that in Sweden.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Saudi Arabia vs Sweden: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 6.48% of GDP in Saudi Arabia and 2.47% of GDP in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 4.01 percentage points, or 2.62 times that in Sweden.
Saudi ArabiaSwedenSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Saudi Arabia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1963.
  • In 2025, Saudi Arabia ranked 5 and Sweden ranked 38 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearSaudi ArabiaSweden
20256.482.47
20246.411.99
20236.381.52
20225.721.34
20216.431.2
20208.411.15
20197.351.1
20188.421.04
20179.51.03
20169.241.06
201512.571.07
201410.261.14
20138.711.12
20127.511.14
20117.131.11
20108.571.19
20099.621.17
20087.351.17
20078.531.3
20067.851.32
20057.731.41
20048.081.43
20038.691.59
20029.761.63
200111.421.7
200010.531.82
199911.381.88
199814.311.9
1997111.94
19968.472.13
19959.282.15
199410.642.25
199312.472.36
199211.282.44
199112.472.45
199014.022.57
198913.392.51
198815.152.59
198716.92.65
1986–2.59
1985172.67
1984192.67
198316.972.74
198217.722.85
198113.272.95
198012.612.92
197915.773.12
197816.743.15
197715.653.1
1976–3
1975–3.08
1974–3.22
197310.843.28
197210.083.41
19718.643.41
19709.43.36
19699.573.46
19688.093.48
196711.513.61
196611.323.86
19657.693.91
19645.973.87
19635.93.97
1962–3.86
1961–3.72
1960–3.78
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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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