Sweden vs United Kingdom
Sweden vs United Kingdom: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 68.6% in Sweden and 13.5% in United Kingdom, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Sweden, by 55.1 percentage points, or 5.08 times that in United Kingdom.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Sweden has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Sweden ranked 19 and United Kingdom ranked 148 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Sweden | United Kingdom | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 68.6 | 13.5 | – |
| 2023 | 68.6 | 13.5 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 68.6 | 13.4 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 68.6 | 13.3 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 68.6 | 13.3 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 68.6 | 13.2 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 68.6 | 13.2 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 68.7 | 13.1 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 68.7 | 13.1 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 68.7 | 13 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 68.7 | 13 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 68.8 | 12.9 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 68.8 | 12.8 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 68.9 | 12.7 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 68.9 | 12.6 | 32 |
| 2009 | 68.9 | 12.6 | 32 |
| 2008 | 69 | 12.6 | 32 |
| 2007 | 69 | 12.5 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 69 | 12.5 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 69 | 12.4 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 69.1 | 12.4 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 69.1 | 12.3 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 69.1 | 12.3 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 69.1 | 12.3 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 69.1 | 12.2 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 69.1 | 12.1 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 69.1 | 12.1 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 69.1 | 12 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 69 | 11.9 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 69 | 11.9 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 69 | 11.8 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 69 | 11.7 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 68.9 | 11.6 | 33 |
| 1991 | 68.9 | 11.6 | – |
| 1990 | 68.9 | 11.5 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- 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 United Kingdom
Health
- Life expectancySweden: 83.3 years in 2023United Kingdom: 81.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024United Kingdom: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Kingdom: 3.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSweden: 99.7% in 2022United Kingdom: 99.8% in 2022
- DepressionSweden: 4.49% in 2017United Kingdom: 4.12% in 2017
- Suicide rateSweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017United Kingdom: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSweden: 10.6 million people in 2023United Kingdom: 68.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthSweden: 0.56% a year in 2023United Kingdom: 0.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023United Kingdom: 1.56 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSweden: 89.1% in 2025United Kingdom: 83.3% in 2025
- Median ageSweden: 39.9 years in 2023United Kingdom: 39.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSweden: 20.5% in 2023United Kingdom: 19.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023United Kingdom: 6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025United Kingdom: 2.35% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSweden: $15B in 2025United Kingdom: $88B in 2025
- Military spending per personSweden: $1,549 in 2025United Kingdom: $1,283 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSweden: 5% of government spending in 2025United Kingdom: 5.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSweden: 15,000 people in 2020United Kingdom: 153,000 people in 2020
- National powerSweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022United Kingdom: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020United Kingdom: 0.45% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSweden: 146 million TIV in 2025United Kingdom: 609 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSweden: 235 million TIV in 2025United Kingdom: 702 million TIV in 2025