Sweden

Military spending per person in Sweden

Military spending per person in Sweden: $585 in 1988 and $1,549 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
$1,549
Since 1988
+$965
Rank, 2025
10 of 151
counting from the highest

US dollars per person · SIPRI

Military spending per person in SwedenMilitary spending per person in Sweden: $585 in 1988 and $1,549 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was $1,549 in 2025, the lowest $465 in 2001.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • The highest was $1,549 in 2025, the lowest $465 in 2001.

Every year

US dollars per person · SIPRI

YearSweden
2025$1,549
2024$1,139
2023$835
2022$739
2021$731
2020$607
2019$571
2018$567
2017$554
2016$551
2015$553
2014$680
2013$683
2012$658
2011$672
2010$630
2009$547
2008$656
2007$701
2006$616
2005$612
2004$614
2003$593
2002$489
2001$465
2000$541
1999$582
1998$580
1997$588
1996$702
1995$650
1994$590
1993$577
1992$743
1991$724
1990$724
1989$595
1988$585
  • Estimate

Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
  • 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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