World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): Sweden

Most recent: 1.998 (2024)
Earliest: 3.777 (1960)
Highest: 3.967 (1963)
Years reported: 65
Member state: Sweden at the United Nations

Military expenditure (% of GDP), 1960–2024. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

Year	Military expenditure (% of GDP)
2024	1.998
2023	1.501
2022	1.331
2021	1.19
2020	1.15
2019	1.097
2018	1.04
2017	1.033
2016	1.056
2015	1.074
2014	1.135
2013	1.118
2012	1.136
2011	1.109
2010	1.194
2009	1.166
2008	1.171
2007	1.303
2006	1.32
2005	1.409
2004	1.434
2003	1.588
2002	1.629
2001	1.766
2000	1.812
1999	1.852
1998	1.859
1997	1.896
1996	1.473
1995	1.743
1994	2.107
1993	2.235
1992	2.339
1991	2.32
1990	2.462
1989	2.433
1988	2.446
1987	2.483
1986	2.587
1985	2.673
1984	2.672
1983	2.738
1982	2.854
1981	2.948
1980	2.923
1979	3.123
1978	3.148
1977	3.101
1976	3.003
1975	3.082
1974	3.215
1973	3.279
1972	3.408
1971	3.41
1970	3.359
1969	3.459
1968	3.477
1967	3.611
1966	3.858
1965	3.913
1964	3.866
1963	3.967
1962	3.863
1961	3.721
1960	3.777

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