Sweden
Military spending in US dollars in Sweden
Military spending in US dollars in Sweden: $3.84B in 1960 and $15B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $15B
- Since 1960
- +$11.1B
- Rank, 2025
- 26 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Sweden |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2002 | $6.11B |
| 2001 | $6.27B |
| 2000 | $6.61B |
| 1999 | $6.47B |
| 1998 | $6.23B |
| 1997 | $6.05B |
| 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
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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- Military spending2.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$1,549 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel15,000 people in 2020
- National power0.19% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.27% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports235 million TIV in 2025