Sweden vs Türkiye
Sweden vs Türkiye: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 235 million TIV in Sweden and 539 million TIV in Türkiye, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 304 million TIV, or 2.29 times that in Sweden.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Türkiye has been higher since 2015, when it overtook Sweden.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Sweden | Türkiye | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 235 million | 539 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 405 million | 411 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 373 million | 698 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 83 million | 628 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 236 million | 526 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 263 million | 275 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 121 million | 286 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 135 million | 257 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 75 million | 184 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 248 million | 258 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 178 million | 244 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 340 million | 166 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 383 million | 146 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 436 million | 149 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 658 million | 95 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 612 million | 79 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 389 million | 78 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 461 million | 123 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 332 million | 88 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 384 million | 68 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 536 million | 26 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 297 million | 30 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 516 million | 45 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 164 million | 28 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 892 million | 5 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 355 million | 21 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 383 million | 46 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 332 million | 3 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 99 million | 0 | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 344 million | 3 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 226 million | 3 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 111 million | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 103 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 147 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 155 million | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 224 million | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 401 million | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 512 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 230 million | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 320 million | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 215 million | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 227 million | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 118 million | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 120 million | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 127 million | 11 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 157 million | 23 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 261 million | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 55 million | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 75 million | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 101 million | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 69 million | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 75 million | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 15 million | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 163 million | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 547 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 158 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 36 million | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 60 million | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 55 million | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 56 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 32 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 22 million | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 13 million | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 44 million | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 46 million | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 38 million | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Sweden vs Türkiye
Health
- Life expectancySweden: 83.3 years in 2023Türkiye: 77.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Türkiye: 1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Türkiye: 9.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSweden: 4.49% in 2017Türkiye: 3.72% in 2017
- Suicide rateSweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Türkiye: 3.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSweden: 10.6 million people in 2023Türkiye: 87.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthSweden: 0.56% a year in 2023Türkiye: 0.23% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023Türkiye: 1.63 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSweden: 89.1% in 2025Türkiye: 89.5% in 2025
- Median ageSweden: 39.9 years in 2023Türkiye: 32.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSweden: 20.5% in 2023Türkiye: 10% in 2023
- Net migration rateSweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Türkiye: -3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025Türkiye: 1.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSweden: $15B in 2025Türkiye: $26.8B in 2025
- Military spending per personSweden: $1,549 in 2025Türkiye: $342 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSweden: 5% of government spending in 2025Türkiye: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSweden: 15,000 people in 2020Türkiye: 512,000 people in 2020
- National powerSweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022Türkiye: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020Türkiye: 1.61% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSweden: 146 million TIV in 2025Türkiye: 381 million TIV in 2025