Sweden vs Switzerland
Sweden vs Switzerland: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $1,549 in Sweden and $849 in Switzerland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by $700, or 1.83 times that in Switzerland.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sweden has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Switzerland.
- In 2025, Sweden ranked 10 and Switzerland ranked 27 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Sweden | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,549 | $849 |
| 2024 | $1,139 | $735 |
| 2023 | $835 | $714 |
| 2022 | $739 | $647 |
| 2021 | $731 | $633 |
| 2020 | $607 | $666 |
| 2019 | $571 | $588 |
| 2018 | $567 | $558 |
| 2017 | $554 | $550 |
| 2016 | $551 | $549 |
| 2015 | $553 | $549 |
| 2014 | $680 | $567 |
| 2013 | $683 | $626 |
| 2012 | $658 | $577 |
| 2011 | $672 | $632 |
| 2010 | $630 | $529 |
| 2009 | $547 | $527 |
| 2008 | $656 | $540 |
| 2007 | $701 | $470 |
| 2006 | $616 | $447 |
| 2005 | $612 | $470 |
| 2004 | $614 | $476 |
| 2003 | $593 | $448 |
| 2002 | $489 | $398 |
| 2001 | $465 | $384 |
| 2000 | $541 | $391 |
| 1999 | $582 | $442 |
| 1998 | $580 | $492 |
| 1997 | $588 | $494 |
| 1996 | $702 | $600 |
| 1995 | $650 | $662 |
| 1994 | $590 | $560 |
| 1993 | $577 | $523 |
| 1992 | $743 | $605 |
| 1991 | $724 | $595 |
| 1990 | $724 | $608 |
| 1989 | $595 | $466 |
| 1988 | $585 | $499 |
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Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 in US dollarsSweden: $15B in 2025Switzerland: $7.15B 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