Sweden vs Ukraine
Sweden vs Ukraine: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 2.47% of GDP in Sweden and 39.56% of GDP in Ukraine, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ukraine, by 37.09 percentage points, or 16 times that in Sweden.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ukraine has been higher since 1994, when it overtook Sweden.
- In 2025, Sweden ranked 38 and Ukraine ranked 1 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Sweden | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.47 | 39.56 |
| 2024 | 1.99 | 33.96 |
| 2023 | 1.52 | 36.03 |
| 2022 | 1.34 | 25.64 |
| 2021 | 1.2 | 3.43 |
| 2020 | 1.15 | 4.4 |
| 2019 | 1.1 | 4.07 |
| 2018 | 1.04 | 3.64 |
| 2017 | 1.03 | 3.24 |
| 2016 | 1.06 | 3.67 |
| 2015 | 1.07 | 3.85 |
| 2014 | 1.14 | 2.97 |
| 2013 | 1.12 | 2.39 |
| 2012 | 1.14 | 2.35 |
| 2011 | 1.11 | 2.26 |
| 2010 | 1.19 | 2.74 |
| 2009 | 1.17 | 2.84 |
| 2008 | 1.17 | 2.67 |
| 2007 | 1.3 | 2.87 |
| 2006 | 1.32 | 2.77 |
| 2005 | 1.41 | 2.79 |
| 2004 | 1.43 | 2.51 |
| 2003 | 1.59 | 2.75 |
| 2002 | 1.63 | 2.68 |
| 2001 | 1.7 | 2.77 |
| 2000 | 1.82 | 3.51 |
| 1999 | 1.88 | 2.88 |
| 1998 | 1.9 | 3.24 |
| 1997 | 1.94 | 3.99 |
| 1996 | 2.13 | 3.18 |
| 1995 | 2.15 | 2.74 |
| 1994 | 2.25 | 2.42 |
| 1993 | 2.36 | 0.43 |
| 1992 | 2.44 | – |
| 1991 | 2.45 | – |
| 1990 | 2.57 | – |
| 1989 | 2.51 | – |
| 1988 | 2.59 | – |
| 1987 | 2.65 | – |
| 1986 | 2.59 | – |
| 1985 | 2.67 | – |
| 1984 | 2.67 | – |
| 1983 | 2.74 | – |
| 1982 | 2.85 | – |
| 1981 | 2.95 | – |
| 1980 | 2.92 | – |
| 1979 | 3.12 | – |
| 1978 | 3.15 | – |
| 1977 | 3.1 | – |
| 1976 | 3 | – |
| 1975 | 3.08 | – |
| 1974 | 3.22 | – |
| 1973 | 3.28 | – |
| 1972 | 3.41 | – |
| 1971 | 3.41 | – |
| 1970 | 3.36 | – |
| 1969 | 3.46 | – |
| 1968 | 3.48 | – |
| 1967 | 3.61 | – |
| 1966 | 3.86 | – |
| 1965 | 3.91 | – |
| 1964 | 3.87 | – |
| 1963 | 3.97 | – |
| 1962 | 3.86 | – |
| 1961 | 3.72 | – |
| 1960 | 3.78 | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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 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 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
- Arms exportsSweden: 235 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 120 million TIV in 2025