| Military branches | Swedish Armed Forces (Forsvarsmakten): Army, Navy, Air Force; Home Guard (2021) |
| Military service age and obligation | 18-47 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; service obligation: 7.5 months (Army), 7-15 months (Navy), 8-12 months (Air Force); after completing initial service, soldiers have a reserve commitment until age 47; compulsory military service, abolished in 2010, was reinstated in January 2018; conscription is selective, includes both female and male (age 18), and requires 9-12 months of service (2019) |
| Military expenditures - percent of GDP | 1.1% of GDP (2020 est.) 1.1% of GDP (2019) 1% of GDP (2018) 1% of GDP (2017) 1.1% of GDP (2016) |
| Military and security service personnel strengths | information varies; approximately 16,000 active duty troops (7,000 Army; 3,000 Navy; 3,000 Air Force; 3,000 other, including staff, logistics, support, medical, cyber, intelligence, etc); 22,000 Home Guard (2021) |
| Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the inventory of the Swedish Armed Forces is comprised of domestically-produced and imported Western weapons systems; since 2010, the US is the leading supplier of military hardware to Sweden, followed by France and Germany; Sweden's defense industry is capable of producing a range of air, land, and naval systems (2020) |
| Military deployments | approximately 450 Mali (EUTM, MINUSMA, Task Force Takuba) (Jan 2021) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
