Sweden vs Netherlands
Sweden vs Netherlands: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $1,549 in Sweden and $1,582 in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by $33, or 1.02 times that in Sweden.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Netherlands has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Sweden.
- In 2025, Sweden ranked 10 and Netherlands ranked 9 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Sweden | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,549 | $1,582 |
| 2024 | $1,139 | $1,298 |
| 2023 | $835 | $923 |
| 2022 | $739 | $766 |
| 2021 | $731 | $815 |
| 2020 | $607 | $743 |
| 2019 | $571 | $687 |
| 2018 | $567 | $640 |
| 2017 | $554 | $555 |
| 2016 | $551 | $532 |
| 2015 | $553 | $508 |
| 2014 | $680 | $608 |
| 2013 | $683 | $604 |
| 2012 | $658 | $614 |
| 2011 | $672 | $693 |
| 2010 | $630 | $671 |
| 2009 | $547 | $729 |
| 2008 | $656 | $748 |
| 2007 | $701 | $696 |
| 2006 | $616 | $620 |
| 2005 | $612 | $582 |
| 2004 | $614 | $572 |
| 2003 | $593 | $512 |
| 2002 | $489 | $414 |
| 2001 | $465 | $385 |
| 2000 | $541 | $373 |
| 1999 | $582 | $442 |
| 1998 | $580 | $434 |
| 1997 | $588 | $436 |
| 1996 | $702 | $502 |
| 1995 | $650 | $516 |
| 1994 | $590 | $462 |
| 1993 | $577 | $460 |
| 1992 | $743 | $520 |
| 1991 | $724 | $480 |
| 1990 | $724 | $496 |
| 1989 | $595 | $430 |
| 1988 | $585 | $455 |
- 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 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 in US dollarsSweden: $15B in 2025Netherlands: $27B 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