Australia vs Vietnam
Australia vs Vietnam: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 1.92% of GDP in Australia and 2.15% of GDP in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 0.24 percentage points, or 1.12 times that in Australia.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Vietnam has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Australia.
- In 2025, Australia ranked 65 and Vietnam ranked 49 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Australia | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.92 | 2.15 |
| 2024 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 1.86 | 1.83 |
| 2022 | 1.88 | 1.72 |
| 2021 | 1.97 | 2.05 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2.07 |
| 2019 | 1.87 | 2.17 |
| 2018 | 1.89 | 2.22 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2.28 |
| 2016 | 2.08 | 2.46 |
| 2015 | 1.95 | 2.56 |
| 2014 | 1.77 | 2.41 |
| 2013 | 1.63 | 2.58 |
| 2012 | 1.66 | 2.42 |
| 2011 | 1.75 | 1.76 |
| 2010 | 1.85 | 1.84 |
| 2009 | 1.92 | 2.73 |
| 2008 | 1.79 | 2.07 |
| 2007 | 1.81 | 2.31 |
| 2006 | 1.81 | 1.94 |
| 2005 | 1.79 | 1.78 |
| 2004 | 1.82 | 2.01 |
| 2003 | 1.84 | 2.13 |
| 2002 | 1.87 | – |
| 2001 | 1.86 | – |
| 2000 | 1.82 | – |
| 1999 | 1.88 | – |
| 1998 | 1.87 | – |
| 1997 | 1.86 | – |
| 1996 | 1.93 | – |
| 1995 | 2.02 | – |
| 1994 | 2.11 | 2.65 |
| 1993 | 2.17 | 2.26 |
| 1992 | 2.17 | 3.38 |
| 1991 | 2.16 | 5.6 |
| 1990 | 2.07 | 7.91 |
| 1989 | 2.05 | 7.29 |
| 1988 | 2.16 | 7.1 |
| 1987 | 2.37 | 3.95 |
| 1986 | 2.54 | – |
| 1985 | 2.52 | – |
| 1984 | 2.51 | – |
| 1983 | 2.52 | – |
| 1982 | 2.39 | – |
| 1981 | 2.3 | – |
| 1980 | 2.25 | – |
| 1979 | 2.19 | – |
| 1978 | 2.22 | – |
| 1977 | 2.25 | – |
| 1976 | 2.22 | – |
| 1975 | 2.27 | – |
| 1974 | 2.26 | – |
| 1973 | 2.38 | – |
| 1972 | 2.69 | – |
| 1971 | 2.76 | – |
| 1970 | 2.97 | – |
| 1969 | 3.39 | – |
| 1968 | 3.84 | – |
| 1967 | 3.79 | – |
| 1966 | 3.45 | – |
| 1965 | 2.95 | – |
| 1964 | 2.65 | – |
| 1963 | 2.45 | – |
| 1962 | 2.36 | – |
| 1961 | 2.42 | – |
| 1960 | 2.37 | – |
| 1959 | 3.1 | – |
| 1958 | 3.26 | – |
| 1957 | 3.32 | – |
| 1956 | 3.67 | – |
| 1955 | 3.86 | – |
| 1954 | 3.97 | – |
| 1953 | 4.8 | – |
| 1952 | 5.18 | – |
| 1951 | 3.74 | – |
| 1950 | 2.88 | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Australia vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancyAustralia: 83.9 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustralia: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustralia: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAustralia: 4.62% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustralia: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustralia: 26.5 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustralia: 0.99% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustralia: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustralia: 87.7% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageAustralia: 37.8 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustralia: 17.4% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustralia: 5.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsAustralia: $35.3B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personAustralia: $1,316 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustralia: 4.9% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustralia: 60,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustralia: 0.6% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustralia: 0.44% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustralia: 826 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAustralia: 108 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018