Singapore vs Sweden
Singapore vs Sweden: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 21.8% in Singapore and 68.6% in Sweden, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Sweden, by 46.8 percentage points, or 3.15 times that in Singapore.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Sweden has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Singapore ranked 128 and Sweden ranked 19 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Singapore | Sweden | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21.8 | 68.6 | – |
| 2023 | 21.8 | 68.6 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 21.9 | 68.6 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 22 | 68.6 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 22 | 68.6 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 22.3 | 68.6 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 22.5 | 68.6 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 22.8 | 68.7 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 23.1 | 68.7 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 23.3 | 68.7 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 23.6 | 68.7 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 24 | 68.8 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 24.4 | 68.8 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 24.9 | 68.9 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 25.3 | 68.9 | 32 |
| 2009 | 25.3 | 68.9 | 32 |
| 2008 | 25.1 | 69 | 32 |
| 2007 | 25.2 | 69 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 25.2 | 69 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 25.2 | 69 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 25.1 | 69.1 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 25.1 | 69.1 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 25.4 | 69.1 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 25.5 | 69.1 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 25.4 | 69.1 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 25.1 | 69.1 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 24.7 | 69.1 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 24.4 | 69.1 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 24.1 | 69 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 23.8 | 69 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 23.4 | 69 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 23.1 | 69 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 22.8 | 68.9 | 33 |
| 1991 | 22.5 | 68.9 | – |
| 1990 | 22.1 | 68.9 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- 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
Singapore vs Sweden
Health
- Life expectancySingapore: 83.7 years in 2023Sweden: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySingapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Sweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySingapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSingapore: 100% in 2022Sweden: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionSingapore: 3.44% in 2017Sweden: 4.49% in 2017
- Suicide rateSingapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Sweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSingapore: 5.79 million people in 2023Sweden: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthSingapore: 0.81% a year in 2023Sweden: 0.56% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSingapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023Sweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSingapore: 100% in 2025Sweden: 89.1% in 2025
- Median ageSingapore: 35.1 years in 2023Sweden: 39.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSingapore: 13.1% in 2023Sweden: 20.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateSingapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Sweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSingapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025Sweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSingapore: $16.9B in 2025Sweden: $15B in 2025
- Military spending per personSingapore: $2,980 in 2025Sweden: $1,549 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSingapore: 18% of government spending in 2025Sweden: 5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSingapore: 59,000 people in 2020Sweden: 15,000 people in 2020
- National powerSingapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022Sweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSingapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020Sweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSingapore: 57 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSingapore: 79 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 235 million TIV in 2025