Sweden vs Netherlands
Sweden vs Netherlands: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $15B in Sweden and $27B in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by $12.1B, or 1.81 times that in Sweden.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Netherlands has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- In 2025, Sweden ranked 26 and Netherlands ranked 18 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Sweden | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $15B | $27B |
| 2024 | $12.1B | $23.6B |
| 2023 | $9.07B | $17.2B |
| 2022 | $8.25B | $15.1B |
| 2021 | $7.44B | $15.6B |
| 2020 | $6.75B | $15.1B |
| 2019 | $6.49B | $14.2B |
| 2018 | $5.96B | $12.8B |
| 2017 | $5.77B | $11.8B |
| 2016 | $5.77B | $11.6B |
| 2015 | $5.7B | $11B |
| 2014 | $5.64B | $11.1B |
| 2013 | $5.32B | $11B |
| 2012 | $5.29B | $11.9B |
| 2011 | $5.18B | $12.6B |
| 2010 | $5.51B | $13.1B |
| 2009 | $5.09B | $13.6B |
| 2008 | $5.19B | $13.3B |
| 2007 | $5.84B | $13.6B |
| 2006 | $5.69B | $13.4B |
| 2005 | $5.78B | $12.8B |
| 2004 | $5.7B | $12.8B |
| 2003 | $6.06B | $12.7B |
| 2002 | $6.11B | $12.5B |
| 2001 | $6.27B | $12.5B |
| 2000 | $6.61B | $12.2B |
| 1999 | $6.47B | $12.7B |
| 1998 | $6.23B | $12.1B |
| 1997 | $6.05B | $12.1B |
| 1996 | $6.38B | $12.3B |
| 1995 | $6.3B | $12.2B |
| 1994 | $6.28B | $12.5B |
| 1993 | $6.3B | $13B |
| 1992 | $6.32B | $14.1B |
| 1991 | $6.5B | $14.2B |
| 1990 | $6.9B | $14.6B |
| 1989 | $6.77B | $15.1B |
| 1988 | $6.7B | $14.9B |
| 1987 | $6.66B | $15B |
| 1986 | $6.24B | $14.7B |
| 1985 | $6.14B | $14.5B |
| 1984 | $6.05B | $14.7B |
| 1983 | $5.97B | $14.4B |
| 1982 | $6.04B | $15.7B |
| 1981 | $6.19B | $14.6B |
| 1980 | $6.3B | $14.4B |
| 1979 | $6.45B | $14.8B |
| 1978 | $6.21B | $14B |
| 1977 | $6.04B | $14.5B |
| 1976 | $5.99B | $13B |
| 1975 | $6B | $13.2B |
| 1974 | $5.85B | $12.5B |
| 1973 | $5.8B | $12B |
| 1972 | $5.78B | $11.8B |
| 1971 | $5.61B | $11.4B |
| 1970 | $5.49B | $10.9B |
| 1969 | $5.34B | $10.7B |
| 1968 | $5.07B | $10.2B |
| 1967 | $5.07B | $10.3B |
| 1966 | $5.2B | $9.32B |
| 1965 | $5.15B | $9.6B |
| 1964 | $4.86B | $9.96B |
| 1963 | $4.62B | $9.13B |
| 1962 | $4.33B | $8.94B |
| 1961 | $4.03B | $8.42B |
| 1960 | $3.84B | $7.32B |
| 1959 | – | $6.52B |
| 1958 | – | $7.26B |
| 1957 | – | $8.26B |
| 1956 | – | $8.81B |
| 1955 | – | $8.22B |
| 1954 | – | $7.81B |
| 1953 | – | $6.82B |
| 1952 | – | $6.43B |
| 1951 | – | $5.44B |
| 1950 | – | $5.17B |
| 1949 | – | $4.26B |
- 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 Netherlands
Health
- Life expectancySweden: 83.3 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Netherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSweden: 99.7% in 2022Netherlands: 100% in 2022
- DepressionSweden: 4.49% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide rateSweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSweden: 10.6 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthSweden: 0.56% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSweden: 89.1% in 2025Netherlands: 95.9% in 2025
- Median ageSweden: 39.9 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSweden: 20.5% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025Netherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personSweden: $1,549 in 2025Netherlands: $1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSweden: 5% of government spending in 2025Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSweden: 15,000 people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerSweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSweden: 146 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSweden: 235 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 601 million TIV in 2025