Sweden vs Thailand
Sweden vs Thailand: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $1,549 in Sweden and $84 in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by $1,465, or 19 times that in Thailand.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sweden has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, Sweden ranked 10 and Thailand ranked 81 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Sweden | Thailand |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,549 | $84 |
| 2024 | $1,139 | $77 |
| 2023 | $835 | $80 |
| 2022 | $739 | $84 |
| 2021 | $731 | $99 |
| 2020 | $607 | $102 |
| 2019 | $571 | $100 |
| 2018 | $567 | $93 |
| 2017 | $554 | $86 |
| 2016 | $551 | $79 |
| 2015 | $553 | $77 |
| 2014 | $680 | $80 |
| 2013 | $683 | $80 |
| 2012 | $658 | $78 |
| 2011 | $672 | $75 |
| 2010 | $630 | $76 |
| 2009 | $547 | $64 |
| 2008 | $656 | $54 |
| 2007 | $701 | $40 |
| 2006 | $616 | $32 |
| 2005 | $612 | $28 |
| 2004 | $614 | $30 |
| 2003 | $593 | $29 |
| 2002 | $489 | $28 |
| 2001 | $465 | $27 |
| 2000 | $541 | $30 |
| 1999 | $582 | $33 |
| 1998 | $580 | $35 |
| 1997 | $588 | $54 |
| 1996 | $702 | $66 |
| 1995 | $650 | $66 |
| 1994 | $590 | $62 |
| 1993 | $577 | $55 |
| 1992 | $743 | $53 |
| 1991 | $724 | $47 |
| 1990 | $724 | $41 |
| 1989 | $595 | $36 |
| 1988 | $585 | $34 |
- Estimate
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 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 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