Sweden vs Thailand
Sweden vs Thailand: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $15B in Sweden and $5.57B in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by $9.38B, or 2.69 times that in Thailand.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sweden has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Thailand.
- In 2025, Sweden ranked 26 and Thailand ranked 45 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Sweden | Thailand |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $15B | $5.57B |
| 2024 | $12.1B | $5.52B |
| 2023 | $9.07B | $5.74B |
| 2022 | $8.25B | $6.14B |
| 2021 | $7.44B | $7.01B |
| 2020 | $6.75B | $7.13B |
| 2019 | $6.49B | $6.88B |
| 2018 | $5.96B | $6.71B |
| 2017 | $5.77B | $6.56B |
| 2016 | $5.77B | $6.23B |
| 2015 | $5.7B | $5.91B |
| 2014 | $5.64B | $5.71B |
| 2013 | $5.32B | $5.48B |
| 2012 | $5.29B | $5.51B |
| 2011 | $5.18B | $5.31B |
| 2010 | $5.51B | $5.77B |
| 2009 | $5.09B | $5.39B |
| 2008 | $5.19B | $4.37B |
| 2007 | $5.84B | $3.5B |
| 2006 | $5.69B | $3.09B |
| 2005 | $5.78B | $3.04B |
| 2004 | $5.7B | $3.32B |
| 2003 | $6.06B | $3.39B |
| 2002 | $6.11B | $3.39B |
| 2001 | $6.27B | $3.41B |
| 2000 | $6.61B | $3.42B |
| 1999 | $6.47B | $3.58B |
| 1998 | $6.23B | $4.03B |
| 1997 | $6.05B | $5.11B |
| 1996 | $6.38B | $5.26B |
| 1995 | $6.3B | $5.35B |
| 1994 | $6.28B | $5.36B |
| 1993 | $6.3B | $4.95B |
| 1992 | $6.32B | $4.82B |
| 1991 | $6.5B | $4.42B |
| 1990 | $6.9B | $3.99B |
| 1989 | $6.77B | $3.72B |
| 1988 | $6.7B | $3.6B |
| 1987 | $6.66B | $3.57B |
| 1986 | $6.24B | $3.6B |
| 1985 | $6.14B | $3.77B |
| 1984 | $6.05B | $3.5B |
| 1983 | $5.97B | $3.2B |
| 1982 | $6.04B | $3.17B |
| 1981 | $6.19B | $2.97B |
| 1980 | $6.3B | $3.04B |
| 1979 | $6.45B | $3.17B |
| 1978 | $6.21B | $2.73B |
| 1977 | $6.04B | $2.16B |
| 1976 | $5.99B | $1.8B |
| 1975 | $6B | $1.46B |
| 1974 | $5.85B | $1.35B |
| 1973 | $5.8B | $1.44B |
| 1972 | $5.78B | $1.54B |
| 1971 | $5.61B | $1.49B |
| 1970 | $5.49B | $1.24B |
| 1969 | $5.34B | $1.06B |
| 1968 | $5.07B | $904M |
| 1967 | $5.07B | $752M |
| 1966 | $5.2B | $655M |
| 1965 | $5.15B | $608M |
| 1964 | $4.86B | $564M |
| 1963 | $4.62B | $549M |
| 1962 | $4.33B | $517M |
| 1961 | $4.03B | $396M |
| 1960 | $3.84B | $457M |
| 1959 | – | $490M |
| 1958 | – | $478M |
| 1957 | – | $539M |
- Estimate
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 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 per personSweden: $1,549 in 2025Thailand: $84 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSweden: 5% of government spending in 2025Thailand: 4.4% of government spending 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