SwedenEurope & Central Asia
Sweden: 25th largest economy, 27th in military spending
Population10.6M#92 of 194 in the world · 2025
GDP$669B#25 of 193 in the world · 2025
GDP per person$63.1k#14 of 193 in the world · 2025
Fossil fuel output0.0 TWh#174 of 186 in the world · 2016
Military spending$12B#27 of 167 in the world · 2024
Bars show the share of states this actor is ahead of. Rank is among states, each at its latest year.
Attacks reported
attack log →≥ 13 events in or near Sweden, last 30 days reported by the sources; the strongest are listed. No source sees every attack.
- 2026-10-30 · Armed clash · Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
- 2026-10-29 · Assault or killing · Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
- 2026-10-29 · Assault or killing · Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
- 2026-10-28 · Armed clash · Uppsala, Uppsala Lan, Sweden · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
What Sweden's officials said lately
Newest first. 1 more by others is about Sweden. The whole record →
- Ulf Kristersson · Prime Minister, Sweden · 27 Oct
“must be achieved on Ukraine's terms”
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10.6M people, 89% in cities
- Population10.6M2025
- Population growth0.3%2025
- Urban population89.1%2025
- Land area407k km²2023
A $669B economy, $63.1k per person
- GDP$669B2025
- GDP (purchasing power)$769B2025
- GDP per person$63.1k2025
- GDP per person (purchasing power)$72.5k2025
- GDP growth1.5%2025
Fuels are 7% of goods exports
- Exports, share of GDP53.2%2025
- Imports, share of GDP51.1%2025
- Fuels, share of goods exports7.1%2024
- Exports of goods and services$356B2025
- Imports of goods and services$342B2025
Fossil fuel output of 0.0 TWh
Oilmade 0.0 TWhused 136 TWh
Gasmade 0.0 TWhused 9.5 TWh
Coalmade 0.0 TWhused 19 TWh
- Fossil fuel production (oil + gas + coal)0.0 TWh2016
- Primary energy consumption610 TWh2024
- Energy use per person57.5 MWh2024
- Electricity generation171 TWh2025
- Electricity from fossil fuels1.2%2025
Spends $12B on its military, 2.0% of GDP
- Military spending$12B2024
- Military spending, share of GDP2.0%2024
- Armed forces personnel15k2020
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend-indicator value, 1990 US$)$66M2024
- Arms exports (SIPRI trend-indicator value, 1990 US$)$381M2024
Where these numbers come from
- Bank for International Settlements, central bank policy rates ↗ · BIS statistics, free reuse with attribution · 2026
- World Bank World Development Indicators (military figures: SIPRI) ↗ · CC BY 4.0 · 2020-2025
- Our World in Data energy dataset (Energy Institute, Ember, EIA) ↗ · CC BY 4.0 · 2016-2025
- IMF World Economic Outlook (DataMapper) ↗ · IMF open data, attribution · 2026
- Wikidata (heads of state and government) ↗ · CC0
Leaders as of 2026-10-05. Figures fetched 2026-10-05; each shows its own year.