Spain vs Switzerland
Spain vs Switzerland: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $37.7B in Spain and $7.15B in Switzerland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by $30.5B, or 5.27 times that in Switzerland.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Spain has been higher since 1968, when it overtook Switzerland.
- In 2025, Spain ranked 15 and Switzerland ranked 38 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Spain | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $37.7B | $7.15B |
| 2024 | $25.2B | $6.54B |
| 2023 | $25.6B | $6.51B |
| 2022 | $22.7B | $6.33B |
| 2021 | $21.1B | $6.04B |
| 2020 | $19.7B | $6.53B |
| 2019 | $19.7B | $6.01B |
| 2018 | $19.5B | $5.6B |
| 2017 | $18.8B | $5.56B |
| 2016 | $17B | $5.52B |
| 2015 | $18.3B | $5.31B |
| 2014 | $17.2B | $5.1B |
| 2013 | $17.2B | $5.63B |
| 2012 | $19.8B | $5.18B |
| 2011 | $19.5B | $5.28B |
| 2010 | $21.2B | $5.14B |
| 2009 | $21.1B | $5.33B |
| 2008 | $21.9B | $5.33B |
| 2007 | $22.1B | $5.2B |
| 2006 | $21.3B | $5.17B |
| 2005 | $20.6B | $5.43B |
| 2004 | $20.3B | $5.52B |
| 2003 | $19.5B | $5.62B |
| 2002 | $19.2B | $5.77B |
| 2001 | $20.7B | $6.03B |
| 2000 | $20.9B | $6.18B |
| 1999 | $20.2B | $6.27B |
| 1998 | $18.4B | $6.77B |
| 1997 | $17.5B | $6.79B |
| 1996 | $17.7B | $7.05B |
| 1995 | $18.3B | $7.45B |
| 1994 | $18.2B | $7.36B |
| 1993 | $18B | $7.43B |
| 1992 | $18.4B | $8.36B |
| 1991 | $18.9B | $8.61B |
| 1990 | $19.7B | $8.92B |
| 1989 | $19.4B | $8.41B |
| 1988 | $19.5B | $8.25B |
| 1987 | $19.3B | $7.9B |
| 1986 | $18.2B | $8.21B |
| 1985 | $19.5B | $8.66B |
| 1984 | $19.2B | $7.87B |
| 1983 | $18.7B | $7.79B |
| 1982 | $16.7B | $7.69B |
| 1981 | $16.1B | $7.38B |
| 1980 | $15.9B | $7.39B |
| 1979 | $15.3B | $7.43B |
| 1978 | $14.3B | $7.11B |
| 1977 | $13.7B | $7.1B |
| 1976 | $13.5B | $7.49B |
| 1975 | $11.4B | $6.61B |
| 1974 | $12.5B | $7.01B |
| 1973 | $11.3B | $7.03B |
| 1972 | $11.5B | $7.26B |
| 1971 | $9.62B | $7.12B |
| 1970 | $10B | $6.85B |
| 1969 | $9.93B | $6.66B |
| 1968 | $8.41B | $6.24B |
| 1967 | $6.35B | $6.55B |
| 1966 | $6.76B | $6.72B |
| 1965 | $5.62B | $6.39B |
| 1964 | $5.6B | $6.34B |
| 1963 | $4.9B | $5.85B |
| 1962 | $5.2B | $5.62B |
| 1961 | $4.26B | $5.08B |
| 1960 | $4.23B | $4.36B |
| 1959 | $3.52B | $4.66B |
| 1958 | $3.7B | $4.81B |
| 1957 | $4.21B | $4.51B |
| 1956 | $4.03B | – |
| 1955 | $3.8B | – |
| 1954 | $3.51B | – |
| 1953 | $3.49B | – |
| 1952 | $3.56B | – |
| 1951 | $2.81B | – |
| 1950 | $2.97B | – |
| 1949 | $3.17B | – |
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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
Spain vs Switzerland
Health
- Life expectancySpain: 83.7 years in 2023Switzerland: 84 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySpain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Switzerland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySpain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Switzerland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSpain: 99.6% in 2022Switzerland: 96.7% in 2022
- DepressionSpain: 3.54% in 2017Switzerland: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateSpain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Switzerland: 9.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSpain: 47.9 million people in 2023Switzerland: 8.87 million people in 2023
- Population growthSpain: 0.02% a year in 2023Switzerland: 0.62% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSpain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023Switzerland: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSpain: 80.5% in 2025Switzerland: 85.7% in 2025
- Median ageSpain: 44.9 years in 2023Switzerland: 42.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSpain: 20.7% in 2023Switzerland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateSpain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Switzerland: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSpain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025Switzerland: 0.76% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personSpain: $839 in 2025Switzerland: $849 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSpain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025Switzerland: 2.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSpain: 199,000 people in 2020Switzerland: 20,000 people in 2020
- National powerSpain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022Switzerland: 0.12% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSpain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020Switzerland: 0.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSpain: 237 million TIV in 2025Switzerland: 33 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exportsSpain: 341 million TIV in 2025Switzerland: 129 million TIV in 2025