Spain vs Sweden
Spain vs Sweden: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 38.2% in Spain and 68.6% in Sweden, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Sweden, by 30.4 percentage points, or 1.79 times that in Spain.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Sweden has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Spain ranked 86 and Sweden ranked 19 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Spain | Sweden | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38.2 | 68.6 | – |
| 2023 | 38.2 | 68.6 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 38.1 | 68.6 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 38 | 68.6 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 38 | 68.6 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 37.8 | 68.6 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 37.7 | 68.6 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 37.5 | 68.7 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 37.4 | 68.7 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 37.2 | 68.7 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 37.1 | 68.7 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 37.1 | 68.8 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 37.1 | 68.8 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 37.1 | 68.9 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 37.1 | 68.9 | 32 |
| 2009 | 36.9 | 68.9 | 32 |
| 2008 | 36.6 | 69 | 32 |
| 2007 | 36.3 | 69 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 36 | 69 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 35.7 | 69 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 35.4 | 69.1 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 35.1 | 69.1 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 34.8 | 69.1 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 34.6 | 69.1 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 34.3 | 69.1 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 33.6 | 69.1 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 33 | 69.1 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 32.3 | 69.1 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 31.7 | 69 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 31 | 69 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 30.4 | 69 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 29.8 | 69 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 29.1 | 68.9 | 33 |
| 1991 | 28.5 | 68.9 | – |
| 1990 | 27.8 | 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
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
- Arms exportsSpain: 341 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 235 million TIV in 2025