Sweden in NDR
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Sweden’s Defence Boost: Commission Lays Out Plans for Robust Spending Increase
Population: 10,536,338 (2023 est.)
Total Military Personnel: 82300
Army Personnel: 6850
Navy Personnel: 2100
Tanks: 120
Vehicles: 935
Self-Propelled Artillery: 26
Aircraft Total: 212
Fighters: 71
Helicopters: 53
Attack Helicopters: 0
Defence Budget
The total budget for 2024 is just under EUR 10.7 billion.
Defense Budget Increase
Sweden announced a defense spending increase of 2.2 billion EUR from 2023 to 2024, marking a rise of 28 percent. In 2022, Sweden’s defence budget rose by 30 percent. Sweden expects to hit NATO’s two percent GDP spending target in 2024.
Main Expenditure Item
Sweden’s Resources for personnel recruitment and retention effort to bolster its military capabilities, especially as it prepares to join NATO.Â
The aim is to increase numbers and adjust for the effects of new collective agreements and decisions regarding salaries and supplements.
Growing the army, together with planned retirements means recruitment of new officers must increase. Swedish NATO membership will also require NATO structures to be staffed with Swedish officers, further intensifying the need.
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IISS: Sweden’s defence industry – NATO membership promises new markets but poses challenges
Stasista: Military expenditure in Sweden from 2010 to 2022
Statista: Share of expenditure of the Swedish Armed Forces in 2022, by type of expenditure
Statista: Expected defense budget for Sweden from 2022 to 2030
Malena Britz: The Development of Swedish and French Defence Industrial Companies 1994-1999 – A Comparative Study