Singapore vs Sweden
Singapore vs Sweden: Government debt
Government debt: 165.8% of GDP in Singapore in 2024 and 34.6% of GDP in Sweden in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Singapore, by 131.9 percentage points, or 4.9 times that in Sweden.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Singapore has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Singapore at 169.2% of GDP and Sweden at 30.7% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Singapore | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 165.7 | 34.6 |
| 2024 | 165.8 | 33.9 |
| 2023 | 170.4 | 32.2 |
| 2022 | 153.3 | 34.4 |
| 2021 | 139.9 | 37.2 |
| 2020 | 147.1 | 40.5 |
| 2019 | 127.7 | 36 |
| 2018 | 109.2 | 40.2 |
| 2017 | 107.3 | 41.9 |
| 2016 | 105.9 | 43.2 |
| 2015 | 102.1 | 44.8 |
| 2014 | 97.8 | 46.1 |
| 2013 | 98.2 | 41.2 |
| 2012 | 106.7 | 38.1 |
| 2011 | 103.1 | 37.8 |
| 2010 | 98.7 | 38.7 |
| 2009 | 101.7 | 41.3 |
| 2008 | 97.9 | 38 |
| 2007 | 87.8 | 39.3 |
| 2006 | 86.5 | 43.9 |
| 2005 | 92.7 | 49 |
| 2004 | 95.7 | 48.7 |
| 2003 | 99.1 | 49.5 |
| 2002 | 96.3 | 49.9 |
| 2001 | 94.5 | 52 |
| 2000 | 82.3 | 50.4 |
| 1999 | 85.3 | 60.3 |
| 1998 | 84.7 | 65.4 |
| 1997 | 70.8 | 67.7 |
| 1996 | 71.3 | 68.9 |
| 1995 | 69.8 | 68.7 |
| 1994 | 70.7 | 68.6 |
| 1993 | 71.2 | 66.1 |
| 1992 | 79 | – |
| 1991 | 76.4 | – |
| 1990 | 73.5 | – |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Singapore | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 166.4 | 35.1 |
| 2027 | 167.1 | 35.5 |
| 2028 | 167.9 | 34.8 |
| 2029 | 168.5 | 33.6 |
| 2030 | 169 | 32.3 |
| 2031 | 169.2 | 30.7 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 149 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
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