Denmark vs Switzerland: Military spending

Denmark
8.01 billion constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Switzerland
7.40 billion constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Denmark rank
36th
Switzerland rank
39th

Military spending over time

  • Denmark
  • Switzerland
02.0B4.0B6.0B8.0B181619192023

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 8.01 billion constant 2022 US$ against 7.40 billion constant 2022 US$ in Switzerland, a difference of 606.89 million constant 2022 US$.

That makes Denmark's figure about 1.1 times Switzerland's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 204 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 36th and Switzerland ranks 39th 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.