Singapore vs Sweden: Military expenditure

Singapore

15.06 billion current USD

in 2024

Sweden

12.04 billion current USD

in 2024

Singapore rank

26th

Sweden rank

27th

Military expenditure over time

Singapore currently reports 15.06 billion current USD against 12.04 billion current USD in Sweden, a difference of 3.02 billion current USD.

That makes Singapore's figure about 1.3 times Sweden's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Sweden ahead.

Globally, Singapore ranks 26th and Sweden ranks 27th of 167 countries.

Indicator: Military expenditure (current USD)
Unit: current USD
Source: SIPRI Military Expenditure Database, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 211 places, 10,601 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Military spending USD, in current prices (converted at the exchange rate for the given year)