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Armed forces growth	-20		[91st of 132]
Armed forces personnel	53,000		[66th of 166]
Source: calculated on the basis of data on armed forces from IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$	104,000,000 constant 1990 US$		[36th of 100]
Source: IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Branches Swedish Armed Forces (Forsvarsmakten): Army (Armen), Royal Swedish Navy (Marinen), Swedish Air Force (Svenska Flygvapnet)
Source: World Development Indicators database
Conscription Conscription exists.
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Conventional arms exports	$260,000,000.00		[9th of 40]
Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland, 1997. Data collected from the nations concerned, unless otherwise indicated. Acronyms: Amnesty International (AI); European Council of Conscripts Organizations (ECCO); Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC); International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHFHR); National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO); Service, Peace and Justice in Latin America (SERPAJ); War Resisters International (WRI); World Council of Churches (WCC)
Conventional arms imports	$13,000,000.00		[68th of 85]
Source: SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.
expenditure > % of GDP	1.56 %		[61st of 145]
Source: SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.
Expenditures	1.5 % of GDP		[49th of 87]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Expenditures > Dollar figure	$5,729,000,000.00		[8th of 111]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid	$33,000,000.00		[15th of 40]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Manpower > Availability > Females	1,980,550		[83rd of 162]
Source: US Department of Defense. The Brookings Institution Iraq Index, April 24, 2006.
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49	2,060,040		[86th of 175]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Manpower > Military age	19 years of age
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males	64,605		[97th of 226]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Operation Enduring Freedom > Afghanistan coalition fatalities	2		[10th of 13]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
personnel	28,600		[89th of 170]
Source: Operation Enduring Freedom, icasualties.org, May 18, 2006
personnel > % of total labor force	0.61 %		[109th of 168]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Service age and obligation 19 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation: 7-15 months (Navy), 8-12 months (Air Force); after completing initial service, soldiers have a reserve commitment until age 47
Source: World Development Indicators database
Weapon holdings	1,970,000		[41st of 137]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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