Sweden vs Ukraine
Sweden vs Ukraine: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 235 million TIV in Sweden and 120 million TIV in Ukraine, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by 115 million TIV, or 1.96 times that in Ukraine.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sweden has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Ukraine.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Sweden | Ukraine | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 235 million | 120 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 405 million | 29 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 373 million | 29 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 83 million | 102 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 236 million | 201 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 263 million | 114 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 121 million | 162 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 135 million | 310 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 75 million | 377 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 248 million | 463 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 178 million | 303 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 340 million | 632 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 383 million | 688 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 436 million | 1.5 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 658 million | 569 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 612 million | 519 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 389 million | 444 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 461 million | 397 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 332 million | 640 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 384 million | 533 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 536 million | 299 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 297 million | 196 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 516 million | 313 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 164 million | 327 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 892 million | 555 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 355 million | 1.42 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 383 million | 1.11 billion | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 332 million | 709 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 99 million | 573 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 344 million | 223 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 226 million | 169 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 111 million | 240 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 103 million | 84 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 147 million | 165 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 | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 157 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 Ukraine
Health
- Life expectancySweden: 83.3 years in 2023Ukraine: 73.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Ukraine: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ukraine: 5.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSweden: 99.7% in 2022Ukraine: 87.6% in 2022
- DepressionSweden: 4.49% in 2017Ukraine: 4.07% in 2017
- Suicide rateSweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Ukraine: 25.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSweden: 10.6 million people in 2023Ukraine: 37.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthSweden: 0.56% a year in 2023Ukraine: -1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023Ukraine: 0.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSweden: 89.1% in 2025Ukraine: 69.6% in 2025
- Median ageSweden: 39.9 years in 2023Ukraine: 42 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSweden: 20.5% in 2023Ukraine: 18.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateSweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Ukraine: -8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025Ukraine: 39.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSweden: $15B in 2025Ukraine: $77.6B in 2025
- Military spending per personSweden: $1,549 in 2025Ukraine: $2,197 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSweden: 5% of government spending in 2025Ukraine: 62.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSweden: 15,000 people in 2020Ukraine: 298,000 people in 2020
- National powerSweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022Ukraine: 0.86% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020Ukraine: 1.43% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSweden: 146 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 2.26 billion TIV in 2025