Sweden vs Thailand
Sweden vs Thailand: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending in 2025: 5% of government spending in Sweden and 4.4% of government spending in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by 0.6 percentage points, or 1.14 times that in Thailand.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sweden has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Thailand.
- In 2025, Sweden ranked 76 and Thailand ranked 91 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Sweden | Thailand |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4.7 |
| 2023 | 3.1 | 4.9 |
| 2022 | 2.8 | 5 |
| 2021 | 2.4 | 5.3 |
| 2020 | 2.2 | 5.8 |
| 2019 | 2.3 | 6.4 |
| 2018 | 2.1 | 6.3 |
| 2017 | 2.1 | 6.4 |
| 2016 | 2.2 | 6.4 |
| 2015 | 2.2 | 6.1 |
| 2014 | 2.3 | 6.2 |
| 2013 | 2.2 | 6.1 |
| 2012 | 2.3 | 6.4 |
| 2011 | 2.3 | 6.5 |
| 2010 | 2.4 | 7 |
| 2009 | 2.3 | 7.3 |
| 2008 | 2.4 | 6.5 |
| 2007 | 2.7 | 5.2 |
| 2006 | 2.6 | 5.2 |
| 2005 | 2.7 | 5.1 |
| 2004 | 2.8 | 6 |
| 2003 | 3 | 6.9 |
| 2002 | 3.1 | 5.6 |
| 2001 | 3.3 | 7.2 |
| 2000 | 3.5 | 8 |
| 1999 | 3.4 | 6.4 |
| 1998 | 3.4 | 7.8 |
| 1997 | 3.4 | 10.1 |
| 1996 | 3.5 | 12.3 |
| 1995 | 3.5 | 13.7 |
| 1994 | 3.5 | – |
| 1993 | 3.5 | – |
| 1992 | 3.4 | – |
| 1991 | 3.7 | – |
| 1990 | 4.1 | – |
| 1989 | 4.1 | – |
| 1988 | 4.2 | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 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 Thailand
Health
- Life expectancySweden: 83.3 years in 2023Thailand: 76.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Thailand: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Thailand: 6.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSweden: 4.49% in 2017Thailand: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide rateSweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Thailand: 10.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSweden: 10.6 million people in 2023Thailand: 71.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthSweden: 0.56% a year in 2023Thailand: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023Thailand: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSweden: 89.1% in 2025Thailand: 62.8% in 2025
- Median ageSweden: 39.9 years in 2023Thailand: 39.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSweden: 20.5% in 2023Thailand: 14.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateSweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Thailand: 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025Thailand: 1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSweden: $15B in 2025Thailand: $5.57B in 2025
- Military spending per personSweden: $1,549 in 2025Thailand: $84 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSweden: 15,000 people in 2020Thailand: 455,000 people in 2020
- National powerSweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022Thailand: 0.79% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020Thailand: 1.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSweden: 146 million TIV in 2025Thailand: 33 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSweden: 235 million TIV in 2025Thailand: 15 million TIV in 2024