Saudi Arabia vs Sweden
Saudi Arabia vs Sweden: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $81.5B in Saudi Arabia and $15B in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by $66.5B, or 5.45 times that in Sweden.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Saudi Arabia has been higher since 1973, when it overtook Sweden.
- In 2025, Saudi Arabia ranked 7 and Sweden ranked 26 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Saudi Arabia | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $81.5B | $15B |
| 2024 | $80.3B | $12.1B |
| 2023 | $79.1B | $9.07B |
| 2022 | $73.8B | $8.25B |
| 2021 | $67.4B | $7.44B |
| 2020 | $71B | $6.75B |
| 2019 | $74.3B | $6.49B |
| 2018 | $83.8B | $5.96B |
| 2017 | $81B | $5.77B |
| 2016 | $72.6B | $5.77B |
| 2015 | $102B | $5.7B |
| 2014 | $95.2B | $5.64B |
| 2013 | $80.7B | $5.32B |
| 2012 | $70.5B | $5.29B |
| 2011 | $62.3B | $5.18B |
| 2010 | $61.4B | $5.51B |
| 2009 | $59B | $5.09B |
| 2008 | $57.4B | $5.19B |
| 2007 | $58.5B | $5.84B |
| 2006 | $50.8B | $5.69B |
| 2005 | $44.6B | $5.78B |
| 2004 | $36.9B | $5.7B |
| 2003 | $33.3B | $6.06B |
| 2002 | $33B | $6.11B |
| 2001 | $37.6B | $6.27B |
| 2000 | $35.3B | $6.61B |
| 1999 | $32.1B | $6.47B |
| 1998 | $36B | $6.23B |
| 1997 | $31.2B | $6.05B |
| 1996 | $23B | $6.38B |
| 1995 | $23B | $6.3B |
| 1994 | $26.1B | $6.28B |
| 1993 | $30.2B | $6.3B |
| 1992 | $28.5B | $6.32B |
| 1991 | $30.4B | $6.5B |
| 1990 | $31.8B | $6.9B |
| 1989 | $25.3B | $6.77B |
| 1988 | $26.8B | $6.7B |
| 1987 | $29.3B | $6.66B |
| 1986 | – | $6.24B |
| 1985 | $32.9B | $6.14B |
| 1984 | $39.9B | $6.05B |
| 1983 | $37.1B | $5.97B |
| 1982 | $45.7B | $6.04B |
| 1981 | $41B | $6.19B |
| 1980 | $35.2B | $6.3B |
| 1979 | $31.5B | $6.45B |
| 1978 | $24.5B | $6.21B |
| 1977 | $21.6B | $6.04B |
| 1976 | – | $5.99B |
| 1975 | – | $6B |
| 1974 | – | $5.85B |
| 1973 | $7.36B | $5.8B |
| 1972 | $5.7B | $5.78B |
| 1971 | $4.06B | $5.61B |
| 1970 | $3.42B | $5.49B |
| 1969 | $3.12B | $5.34B |
| 1968 | $2.55B | $5.07B |
| 1967 | $2.57B | $5.07B |
| 1966 | $2.34B | $5.2B |
| 1965 | $1.41B | $5.15B |
| 1964 | $982M | $4.86B |
| 1963 | $929M | $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
Saudi Arabia vs Sweden
Health
- Life expectancySaudi Arabia: 78.7 years in 2023Sweden: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySaudi Arabia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024Sweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySaudi Arabia: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSaudi Arabia: 3.54% in 2017Sweden: 4.49% in 2017
- Suicide rateSaudi Arabia: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Sweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSaudi Arabia: 33.3 million people in 2023Sweden: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthSaudi Arabia: 2.39% a year in 2023Sweden: 0.56% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSaudi Arabia: 2.28 births per woman in 2023Sweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSaudi Arabia: 84.6% in 2025Sweden: 89.1% in 2025
- Median ageSaudi Arabia: 29.3 years in 2023Sweden: 39.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSaudi Arabia: 2.8% in 2023Sweden: 20.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateSaudi Arabia: 9.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Sweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSaudi Arabia: 6.48% of GDP in 2025Sweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personSaudi Arabia: $2,428 in 2025Sweden: $1,549 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSaudi Arabia: 23.5% of government spending in 2025Sweden: 5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSaudi Arabia: 282,000 people in 2020Sweden: 15,000 people in 2020
- National powerSaudi Arabia: 1.34% of world capability in 2022Sweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSaudi Arabia: 1.92% of the labour force in 2020Sweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSaudi Arabia: 3.04 billion TIV in 2025Sweden: 146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSaudi Arabia: 3 million TIV in 2023Sweden: 235 million TIV in 2025