Spain vs Sweden: Military spending as a share of GDP
Spain
0.8%
in 2019
Sweden
0.8%
in 2019
Spain rank
128th
Sweden rank
131st
Military spending as a share of GDP over time
- Spain
- Sweden
How they compare
Spain currently reports 0.8% against 0.8% in Sweden, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 204 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Spain ahead.
Spain ranks 128th and Sweden ranks 131st of 172 countries.
Across the 21 decades both report, Spain averaged higher in 8 and Sweden in 13.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Spain | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 1.9% | 1.1% | 0.8% | Spain |
| 1820s | 0.9% | 1.3% | 0.4% | Sweden |
| 1830s | 0.6% | 1.5% | 0.9% | Sweden |
| 1840s | 1.0% | 1.4% | 0.5% | Sweden |
| 1850s | 1.4% | 1.1% | 0.3% | Spain |
| 1860s | 1.3% | 1.0% | 0.3% | Spain |
| 1870s | 1.5% | 0.9% | 0.6% | Spain |
| 1880s | 1.3% | 1.2% | 0.1% | Spain |
| 1890s | 1.2% | 1.4% | 0.3% | Sweden |
| 1900s | 1.0% | 1.9% | 0.9% | Sweden |
| 1910s | 2.0% | 1.6% | 0.4% | Spain |
| 1920s | 1.8% | 1.1% | 0.7% | Spain |
| 1930s | 1.2% | 1.0% | 0.1% | Spain |
| 1940s | 1.2% | 3.1% | 1.9% | Sweden |
| 1950s | 0.8% | 2.6% | 1.8% | Sweden |
| 1960s | 0.7% | 2.4% | 1.8% | Sweden |
| 1970s | 1.1% | 2.4% | 1.3% | Sweden |
| 1980s | 1.4% | 2.0% | 0.6% | Sweden |
| 1990s | 1.1% | 1.7% | 0.5% | Sweden |
| 2000s | 0.9% | 1.1% | 0.1% | Sweden |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.0% | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher military spending as a share of gdp, Spain or Sweden?
- Spain, at 0.8% against 0.8% in Sweden as of 2019.
- What is the difference in military spending as a share of gdp between Spain and Sweden?
- 0.0%, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Sweden?
- 204 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2019.
- How do Spain and Sweden rank globally for military spending as a share of gdp?
- Spain ranks 128th 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).