Sweden vs United Arab Emirates: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $15B in Sweden in 2025 and $27.8B in United Arab Emirates in 2014, by SIPRI estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by $22.2B, or 4.93 times that in Sweden.
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Watch it change on the mapUS dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
Latest figures
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | $15B 2025 | $5.7B | 26 of 151 |
| United Arab Emirates | $27.8B 2014 | $13B | — |
What the numbers say
- United Arab Emirates has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1997.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Sweden | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $15B | – |
| 2024 | $12.1B | – |
| 2023 | $9.07B | – |
| 2022 | $8.25B | – |
| 2021 | $7.44B | – |
| 2020 | $6.75B | – |
| 2019 | $6.49B | – |
| 2018 | $5.96B | – |
| 2017 | $5.77B | – |
| 2016 | $5.77B | – |
| 2015 | $5.7B | – |
| 2014 | $5.64B | $27.8B |
| 2013 | $5.32B | $29.5B |
| 2012 | $5.29B | $24.1B |
| 2011 | $5.18B | $24.4B |
| 2010 | $5.51B | $22.5B |
| 2009 | $5.09B | $17.9B |
| 2008 | $5.19B | $15.2B |
| 2007 | $5.84B | $12.5B |
| 2006 | $5.69B | $11.8B |
| 2005 | $5.78B | $11.9B |
| 2004 | $5.7B | $13B |
| 2003 | $6.06B | $11.7B |
| 2002 | $6.11B | $11.1B |
| 2001 | $6.27B | $12.3B |
| 2000 | $6.61B | $12.8B |
| 1999 | $6.47B | $9.37B |
| 1998 | $6.23B | $9.06B |
| 1997 | $6.05B | $7.68B |
| 1996 | $6.38B | – |
| 1995 | $6.3B | – |
| 1994 | $6.28B | – |
| 1993 | $6.3B | – |
| 1992 | $6.32B | – |
| 1991 | $6.5B | – |
| 1990 | $6.9B | – |
| 1989 | $6.77B | – |
| 1988 | $6.7B | – |
| 1987 | $6.66B | – |
| 1986 | $6.24B | – |
| 1985 | $6.14B | – |
| 1984 | $6.05B | – |
| 1983 | $5.97B | – |
| 1982 | $6.04B | – |
| 1981 | $6.19B | – |
| 1980 | $6.3B | – |
| 1979 | $6.45B | – |
| 1978 | $6.21B | – |
| 1977 | $6.04B | – |
| 1976 | $5.99B | – |
| 1975 | $6B | – |
| 1974 | $5.85B | – |
| 1973 | $5.8B | – |
| 1972 | $5.78B | – |
| 1971 | $5.61B | – |
| 1970 | $5.49B | – |
| 1969 | $5.34B | – |
| 1968 | $5.07B | – |
| 1967 | $5.07B | – |
| 1966 | $5.2B | – |
| 1965 | $5.15B | – |
| 1964 | $4.86B | – |
| 1963 | $4.62B | – |
| 1962 | $4.33B | – |
| 1961 | $4.03B | – |
| 1960 | $3.84B | – |
- 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.
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