Sweden vs Uzbekistan
Sweden vs Uzbekistan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $15B in Sweden in 2025 and $1.77B in Uzbekistan in 2018, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Sweden, by $4.19B, or 3.36 times that in Uzbekistan.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sweden has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1994.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Sweden | Uzbekistan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $15B | – |
| 2024 | $12.1B | – |
| 2023 | $9.07B | – |
| 2022 | $8.25B | – |
| 2021 | $7.44B | – |
| 2020 | $6.75B | – |
| 2019 | $6.49B | – |
| 2018 | $5.96B | $1.77B |
| 2017 | $5.77B | – |
| 2016 | $5.77B | – |
| 2015 | $5.7B | – |
| 2014 | $5.64B | – |
| 2013 | $5.32B | – |
| 2012 | $5.29B | – |
| 2011 | $5.18B | – |
| 2010 | $5.51B | – |
| 2009 | $5.09B | – |
| 2008 | $5.19B | – |
| 2007 | $5.84B | – |
| 2006 | $5.69B | – |
| 2005 | $5.78B | – |
| 2004 | $5.7B | – |
| 2003 | $6.06B | $41.7M |
| 2002 | $6.11B | $39.4M |
| 2001 | $6.27B | $46.3M |
| 2000 | $6.61B | $53.7M |
| 1999 | $6.47B | $62.4M |
| 1998 | $6.23B | – |
| 1997 | $6.05B | $40.8M |
| 1996 | $6.38B | $35.1M |
| 1995 | $6.3B | $26.3M |
| 1994 | $6.28B | $31.4M |
| 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
- Highly uncertain
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Sweden vs Uzbekistan
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 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