MilitaryCompare / Germany vs Sweden
Germany vs Sweden
Germany ranks #14 and Sweden ranks #23 in the 2026 Military Atlas Index. Germany spends $114B on defense with 180K active personnel; Sweden spends $16.5B with 15K.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| #14 | Global Rank | #23 |
| $114B | Defense Budget | $16.5B |
| 2.3% | Budget % of GDP | 2.5% |
| $5.05T | GDP | $669B |
| 83.49M | Population | 10.60M |
| Personnel | ||
| 180K | Active Personnel | 15K |
| 34K | Reserve Personnel | 22K |
| 0 | Paramilitary | 0 |
| Air | ||
| 593 | Military Aircraft | 257 |
| 204 | Combat Aircraft | 73 |
| 141 | Fighter Jets | 73 |
| 0 | 5th Gen Fighters | 0 |
| 0 | Bombers | 0 |
| 246 | Helicopters | 53 |
| 53 | Attack Helicopters | 0 |
| 11 | Military Drones (UAV) | 71 |
| Land | ||
| 296 | Main Battle Tanks | 111 |
| 350 | Infantry Fighting Vehicles | 224 |
| 1,234 | Armoured Personnel Carriers | 734 |
| 33 | Artillery Systems | 30 |
| Naval | ||
| 6 | Submarines | 5 |
| 0 | Nuclear Submarines | 0 |
| 0 | Aircraft Carriers | 0 |
| 0 | Helicopter / Amphibious Carriers | 0 |
| Strategic | ||
| 0 | Nuclear Warheads | 0 |
Germany leads in 14 of the 15 measured categories, Sweden in 1. Numbers alone do not decide a war: training, logistics, geography, alliances and nuclear deterrence matter too. A dash means the source publishes no figure.
Sources: CSIS Missile Threat, Federation of American Scientists, IISS Military Balance, Military Atlas Index, SIPRI, Wikipedia, Wikipedia / FlightGlobal, World Bank.