Sweden

Europe & Central Asia · Stockholm

Rank #39 of 173

59.7Strength score

Photos

Army General Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, meets with the Royal Swedish Army and other officials in Sweden in October 2023 - 1 18 — Army General Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, meets with the Royal Swedish Army and other officials in Sweden in October 2023 - 1 18Chief, National Guard Bureau · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Ship at Berga navy base, Sweden-2 — Ship at Berga navy base, Sweden-2Szilas · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

S 100B at Malmen 2010-06-13 1 — S 100B at Malmen 2010-06-13 1Gnolam · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Strength by area

Finance85
Air power56
Manpower68
Land forces62
Naval power52
Nuclear0

Finance

Defence budget: $16.5B #25
Budget as % of GDP: 2.47% #50
Spending per person: $1,555 #12
GDP: $669.0B #25
Population: 10,596,620 #92

Manpower

Active personnel: 14,850 #120
Reserve personnel: 21,500 #32
Paramilitary: 0
Total personnel: 36,350 #87

Land forces

Tanks: 111 #38
Armoured vehicles: 818 #21
Self-propelled artillery: 70 #30
Towed artillery: —
Rocket launchers (MLRS): 0

Air power

Total aircraft: 184 #41
Fighter jets: 96 #25
Attack aircraft & bombers: —
Transport aircraft: 11 #45
Helicopters: 53 #43
Attack helicopters: —

Naval power

Total naval vessels: 25 #42
Aircraft carriers: 0
Helicopter carriers: 0
Submarines: 4 #28
Destroyers: —
Frigates: 0
Corvettes: 7 #15
Patrol vessels: 14 #38

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: 0

Compare with…

Others in the region

2Russian Federation95.0 VS
8France77.2 VS
10United Kingdom74.7 VS
12Turkiye73.3 VS
18Greece68.9 VS
19Germany68.2 VS
20Italy67.8 VS
24Spain67.0 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)

IISS Military Balance via Wikipedia (personnel); GlobalMilitary.net 2026 (equipment) · Year 2025 · ↗