Sweden vs Switzerland
Sweden vs Switzerland: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $15B in Sweden and $7.15B in Switzerland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by $7.8B, or 2.09 times that in Switzerland.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sweden has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Switzerland.
- In 2025, Sweden ranked 26 and Switzerland ranked 38 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Sweden | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $15B | $7.15B |
| 2024 | $12.1B | $6.54B |
| 2023 | $9.07B | $6.51B |
| 2022 | $8.25B | $6.33B |
| 2021 | $7.44B | $6.04B |
| 2020 | $6.75B | $6.53B |
| 2019 | $6.49B | $6.01B |
| 2018 | $5.96B | $5.6B |
| 2017 | $5.77B | $5.56B |
| 2016 | $5.77B | $5.52B |
| 2015 | $5.7B | $5.31B |
| 2014 | $5.64B | $5.1B |
| 2013 | $5.32B | $5.63B |
| 2012 | $5.29B | $5.18B |
| 2011 | $5.18B | $5.28B |
| 2010 | $5.51B | $5.14B |
| 2009 | $5.09B | $5.33B |
| 2008 | $5.19B | $5.33B |
| 2007 | $5.84B | $5.2B |
| 2006 | $5.69B | $5.17B |
| 2005 | $5.78B | $5.43B |
| 2004 | $5.7B | $5.52B |
| 2003 | $6.06B | $5.62B |
| 2002 | $6.11B | $5.77B |
| 2001 | $6.27B | $6.03B |
| 2000 | $6.61B | $6.18B |
| 1999 | $6.47B | $6.27B |
| 1998 | $6.23B | $6.77B |
| 1997 | $6.05B | $6.79B |
| 1996 | $6.38B | $7.05B |
| 1995 | $6.3B | $7.45B |
| 1994 | $6.28B | $7.36B |
| 1993 | $6.3B | $7.43B |
| 1992 | $6.32B | $8.36B |
| 1991 | $6.5B | $8.61B |
| 1990 | $6.9B | $8.92B |
| 1989 | $6.77B | $8.41B |
| 1988 | $6.7B | $8.25B |
| 1987 | $6.66B | $7.9B |
| 1986 | $6.24B | $8.21B |
| 1985 | $6.14B | $8.66B |
| 1984 | $6.05B | $7.87B |
| 1983 | $5.97B | $7.79B |
| 1982 | $6.04B | $7.69B |
| 1981 | $6.19B | $7.38B |
| 1980 | $6.3B | $7.39B |
| 1979 | $6.45B | $7.43B |
| 1978 | $6.21B | $7.11B |
| 1977 | $6.04B | $7.1B |
| 1976 | $5.99B | $7.49B |
| 1975 | $6B | $6.61B |
| 1974 | $5.85B | $7.01B |
| 1973 | $5.8B | $7.03B |
| 1972 | $5.78B | $7.26B |
| 1971 | $5.61B | $7.12B |
| 1970 | $5.49B | $6.85B |
| 1969 | $5.34B | $6.66B |
| 1968 | $5.07B | $6.24B |
| 1967 | $5.07B | $6.55B |
| 1966 | $5.2B | $6.72B |
| 1965 | $5.15B | $6.39B |
| 1964 | $4.86B | $6.34B |
| 1963 | $4.62B | $5.85B |
| 1962 | $4.33B | $5.62B |
| 1961 | $4.03B | $5.08B |
| 1960 | $3.84B | $4.36B |
| 1959 | – | $4.66B |
| 1958 | – | $4.81B |
| 1957 | – | $4.51B |
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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
Sweden vs Switzerland
Health
- Life expectancySweden: 83.3 years in 2023Switzerland: 84 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Switzerland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Switzerland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSweden: 99.7% in 2022Switzerland: 96.7% in 2022
- DepressionSweden: 4.49% in 2017Switzerland: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateSweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Switzerland: 9.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSweden: 10.6 million people in 2023Switzerland: 8.87 million people in 2023
- Population growthSweden: 0.56% a year in 2023Switzerland: 0.62% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023Switzerland: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSweden: 89.1% in 2025Switzerland: 85.7% in 2025
- Median ageSweden: 39.9 years in 2023Switzerland: 42.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSweden: 20.5% in 2023Switzerland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateSweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Switzerland: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025Switzerland: 0.76% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personSweden: $1,549 in 2025Switzerland: $849 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSweden: 5% of government spending in 2025Switzerland: 2.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSweden: 15,000 people in 2020Switzerland: 20,000 people in 2020
- National powerSweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022Switzerland: 0.12% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020Switzerland: 0.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSweden: 146 million TIV in 2025Switzerland: 33 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exportsSweden: 235 million TIV in 2025Switzerland: 129 million TIV in 2025