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Sweden vs Uzbekistan
How Sweden and Uzbekistan compare on 38 measures, from 1751 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Sweden was higher: 83.3 years against 72.4 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Sweden was higher: $55,010 against $4,733
- Population · In 2023, Uzbekistan was higher: 35.7 million people against 10.6 million people
- Military spending · In 2018, Uzbekistan was higher: 2.49% of GDP against 1.04% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Uzbekistan was higher: 4.09 tonnes against 3.57 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancySweden: 83.3 years in 2023Uzbekistan: 72.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Uzbekistan: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Uzbekistan: 11.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSweden: 99.7% in 2022Uzbekistan: 79.9% in 2022
- DepressionSweden: 4.49% in 2017Uzbekistan: 2.89% in 2017
- Suicide rateSweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Uzbekistan: 9.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSweden: 10.6 million people in 2023Uzbekistan: 35.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthSweden: 0.56% a year in 2023Uzbekistan: 2.01% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023Uzbekistan: 3.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSweden: 89.1% in 2025Uzbekistan: 51% in 2025
- Median ageSweden: 39.9 years in 2023Uzbekistan: 26.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSweden: 20.5% in 2023Uzbekistan: 5.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateSweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Uzbekistan: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025Uzbekistan: 2.49% of GDP in 2018
- Military spending in US dollarsSweden: $15B in 2025Uzbekistan: $1.77B in 2018
- Military spending per personSweden: $1,549 in 2025Uzbekistan: $45 in 2018
- Military share of state spendingSweden: 5% of government spending in 2025Uzbekistan: 11.1% of government spending in 2018
- Armed forces personnelSweden: 15,000 people in 2020Uzbekistan: 68,000 people in 2020
- National powerSweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022Uzbekistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020Uzbekistan: 0.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSweden: 146 million TIV in 2025Uzbekistan: 32 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSweden: 235 million TIV in 2025Uzbekistan: 68 million TIV in 2016
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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