Sweden - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in Sweden was 40,664,000,000 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 44,542,000,000 in 2000 and a minimum value of 30,131,000,000 in 1988.

Definition: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.

Year Value
1988 30,131,000,000
1989 32,447,000,000
1990 36,516,000,000
1991 37,612,000,000
1992 37,381,000,000
1993 39,004,000,000
1994 39,772,000,000
1995 40,872,000,000
1996 41,600,000,000
1997 39,726,000,000
1998 40,801,000,000
1999 42,541,000,000
2000 44,542,000,000
2001 42,639,000,000
2002 42,401,000,000
2003 42,903,000,000
2004 40,527,000,000
2005 41,240,000,000
2006 41,150,000,000
2007 43,163,000,000
2008 39,710,000,000
2009 38,751,000,000
2010 40,664,000,000

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in Sweden was 1.23 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 2.54 in 1988, while its lowest value was 1.23 in 2010.

Definition: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.

See also:

Year Value
1988 2.54
1989 2.46
1990 2.52
1991 2.41
1992 2.40
1993 2.48
1994 2.37
1995 2.26
1996 2.24
1997 2.06
1998 2.01
1999 1.99
2000 1.97
2001 1.82
2002 1.74
2003 1.69
2004 1.52
2005 1.49
2006 1.40
2007 1.38
2008 1.24
2009 1.25
2010 1.23

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade