Barbados vs Sweden: Military spending as a share of GDP
Barbados
0.8%
in 2019
Sweden
0.8%
in 2019
Barbados rank
132nd
Sweden rank
131st
Military spending as a share of GDP over time
- Barbados
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 0.8% against 0.8% in Barbados, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Sweden ahead.
Barbados ranks 132nd and Sweden ranks 131st of 172 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1% | 2.5% | 2.4% | Sweden |
| 1970s | 0.1% | 2.4% | 2.3% | Sweden |
| 1980s | 0.5% | 2.0% | 1.5% | Sweden |
| 1990s | 0.4% | 1.7% | 1.3% | Sweden |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 1.1% | 0.6% | Sweden |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.1% | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher military spending as a share of gdp, Barbados or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 0.8% against 0.8% in Barbados as of 2019.
- What is the difference in military spending as a share of gdp between Barbados and Sweden?
- 0.0%, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Sweden?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2019.
- How do Barbados and Sweden rank globally for military spending as a share of gdp?
- Barbados ranks 132nd and Sweden ranks 131st of 172 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Military spending as a share of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Military spending measured as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP).