Qatar vs Sweden: Military spending

Qatar

16.08 billion constant 2024 US$

in 2022

Sweden

14.95 billion constant 2024 US$

in 2025

Qatar rank

26th

Sweden rank

28th

Military spending over time

Qatar
Sweden

How they compare

Qatar currently reports 16.08 billion constant 2024 US$ against 14.95 billion constant 2024 US$ in Sweden, a difference of 1.13 billion constant 2024 US$.

That makes Qatar's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 22 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Sweden ahead.

Qatar ranks 26th and Sweden ranks 28th of 162 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Military spending
Unit: constant 2024 US$
Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 162 places, 8,341 data points, 1949–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.