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Belgium vs Sweden: Military spending

Belgium
8.46 billion constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Sweden
9.90 billion constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Belgium rank
35th
Sweden rank
32nd

Military spending over time

  • Belgium
  • Sweden
02.5B5.0B7.5B10.0B181619192023

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 9.90 billion constant 2022 US$ against 8.46 billion constant 2022 US$ in Belgium, a difference of 1.44 billion constant 2022 US$.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.2 times Belgium's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 190 shared years of data; in 1830 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 35th and Sweden ranks 32nd of 172 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Military spending
Unit
constant 2022 US$
Source
Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
172 places, 15,402 data points, 1816–2023
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This data is expressed in US dollars. It is adjusted for inflation but does not account for differences in the cost of living between countries.