Military and security service personnel strengths | the SAF has about 25,000 active-duty personnel: approximately 14,000 continuous service/full-time and approximately 11,000 temporary service; approximately 21,000 Home Guard (some on active duty) (2024) |
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Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the SAF's inventory is comprised of domestically produced and imported Western weapons systems, including from Finland, Germany, and the US; Sweden has a defense industry that produces a range of air, land, and naval systems, including armored vehicles, combat aircraft, and submarines; it also produces weapons systems jointly with other countries (2024) |
Military service age and obligation | 18-47 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; service obligation: 7-15 months (Army), 7-15 months (Navy), 8-12 months (Air Force); after completing initial service, soldiers have a reserve commitment until age 47; compulsory military service, abolished in 2010, was reinstated in January 2018; conscription is selective, includes both men and women (age 18), and requires 6-15 months of service (2024). note 1: Sweden conscripts about 5,500 men and women each year; it plans to increase this number to 8,000 by 2025; conscientious objectors in Sweden have the right to apply for alternative service (called vapenfri tjänst); after completing alternative service, the conscript then belongs to the civilian reserve note 2: as of 2023, women made over 20% of the military's personnel |
Military deployments | the Swedish military has small numbers of personnel deployed on multiple EU-, NATO-, and UN-led missions (2024). |
Military expenditures | |
Military Expenditures 2024 | 2.1% of GDP (2024 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2023 | 1.7% of GDP (2023) |
Military Expenditures 2022 | 1.3% of GDP (2022) |
Military Expenditures 2021 | 1.3% of GDP (2021) |
Military Expenditures 2020 | 1.2% of GDP (2020) |
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