Costa Rica vs Sweden: Military spending as a share of GDP
Costa Rica
0.8%
in 2019
Sweden
0.8%
in 2019
Costa Rica rank
130th
Sweden rank
131st
Military spending as a share of GDP over time
- Costa Rica
- Sweden
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.8% against 0.8% in Sweden, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 100 shared years of data; in 1920 it was Sweden ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 130th and Sweden ranks 131st of 172 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 10 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 0.6% | 1.1% | 0.5% | Sweden |
| 1930s | 0.6% | 1.0% | 0.4% | Sweden |
| 1940s | 0.7% | 3.1% | 2.4% | Sweden |
| 1950s | 0.4% | 2.6% | 2.2% | Sweden |
| 1960s | 0.3% | 2.4% | 2.2% | Sweden |
| 1970s | 0.3% | 2.4% | 2.1% | Sweden |
| 1980s | 0.3% | 2.0% | 1.7% | Sweden |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 1.7% | 1.4% | Sweden |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 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, Costa Rica or Sweden?
- Costa Rica, at 0.8% against 0.8% in Sweden as of 2019.
- What is the difference in military spending as a share of gdp between Costa Rica and Sweden?
- 0.0%, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Sweden?
- 100 years are reported by both, from 1920 to 2019.
- How do Costa Rica and Sweden rank globally for military spending as a share of gdp?
- Costa Rica ranks 130th 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).