Spain vs Sweden
Spain vs Sweden: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 341 million TIV in Spain and 235 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 106 million TIV, or 1.45 times that in Sweden.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Spain has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Sweden.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Spain | Sweden | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 341 million | 235 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 606 million | 405 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 912 million | 373 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1.01 billion | 83 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 676 million | 236 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 1.01 billion | 263 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 318 million | 121 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 705 million | 135 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 820 million | 75 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 481 million | 248 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 982 million | 178 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 962 million | 340 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 450 million | 383 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 266 million | 436 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 997 million | 658 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 273 million | 612 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 984 million | 389 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 626 million | 461 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 628 million | 332 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 898 million | 384 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 113 million | 536 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 54 million | 297 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 99 million | 516 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 18 million | 164 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 8 million | 892 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 47 million | 355 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 46 million | 383 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 174 million | 332 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 605 million | 99 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 112 million | 344 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 88 million | 226 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 253 million | 111 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 103 million | 103 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 70 million | 147 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 103 million | 155 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 116 million | 224 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 167 million | 401 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 136 million | 512 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 152 million | 230 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 197 million | 320 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 92 million | 215 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 244 million | 227 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 367 million | 118 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 263 million | 120 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 135 million | 127 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 10 million | 157 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 18 million | 261 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 38 million | 55 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 25 million | 75 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 46 million | 101 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 272 million | 69 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 82 million | 75 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 18 million | 15 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 18 million | 163 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 140 million | 547 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 70 million | 158 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 10 million | 36 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 12 million | 60 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 12 million | 55 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 26 million | 56 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 33 million | 32 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 12 million | 22 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 10 million | 13 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 10 million | 44 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 8 million | 46 million | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 2 million | 38 million | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- 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
Spain vs Sweden
Health
- Life expectancySpain: 83.7 years in 2023Sweden: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySpain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Sweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySpain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSpain: 99.6% in 2022Sweden: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionSpain: 3.54% in 2017Sweden: 4.49% in 2017
- Suicide rateSpain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Sweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSpain: 47.9 million people in 2023Sweden: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthSpain: 0.02% a year in 2023Sweden: 0.56% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSpain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023Sweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSpain: 80.5% in 2025Sweden: 89.1% in 2025
- Median ageSpain: 44.9 years in 2023Sweden: 39.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSpain: 20.7% in 2023Sweden: 20.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateSpain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Sweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSpain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025Sweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSpain: $37.7B in 2025Sweden: $15B in 2025
- Military spending per personSpain: $839 in 2025Sweden: $1,549 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSpain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025Sweden: 5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSpain: 199,000 people in 2020Sweden: 15,000 people in 2020
- National powerSpain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022Sweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSpain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020Sweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSpain: 237 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 146 million TIV in 2025