Bangladesh vs Vietnam
Bangladesh vs Vietnam: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $3.67B in Bangladesh and $10.9B in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by $7.25B, or 2.98 times that in Bangladesh.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Vietnam has been higher since 2003, when it overtook Bangladesh.
- In 2025, Bangladesh ranked 52 and Vietnam ranked 32 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Bangladesh | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3.67B | $10.9B |
| 2024 | $3.75B | $8.59B |
| 2023 | $3.75B | $8.12B |
| 2022 | $4.13B | $7.31B |
| 2021 | $4.67B | $7.96B |
| 2020 | $4.71B | $7.73B |
| 2019 | $4.63B | $8.03B |
| 2018 | $4.06B | $7.69B |
| 2017 | $3.68B | $7.32B |
| 2016 | $3.78B | $7.34B |
| 2015 | $3.44B | $7.2B |
| 2014 | $3.05B | $6.51B |
| 2013 | $2.85B | $6.58B |
| 2012 | $2.86B | $5.99B |
| 2011 | $2.72B | $4.11B |
| 2010 | $2.57B | $3.96B |
| 2009 | $2.13B | $4.23B |
| 2008 | $1.83B | $3.06B |
| 2007 | $1.85B | $3.24B |
| 2006 | $1.76B | $2.51B |
| 2005 | $1.63B | $2.13B |
| 2004 | $1.61B | $2.05B |
| 2003 | $1.58B | $2B |
| 2002 | $1.57B | – |
| 2001 | $1.62B | – |
| 2000 | $1.62B | – |
| 1999 | $1.56B | – |
| 1998 | $1.5B | – |
| 1997 | $1.48B | – |
| 1996 | $1.39B | – |
| 1995 | $1.33B | – |
| 1994 | $1.29B | $1.08B |
| 1993 | $1.15B | $793M |
| 1992 | $1.06B | $1.01B |
| 1991 | $923M | $1.6B |
| 1990 | $906M | $2.25B |
| 1989 | $912M | $1.89B |
| 1988 | $833M | $1.43B |
| 1987 | $758M | $884M |
| 1986 | $706M | – |
| 1985 | $648M | – |
| 1984 | $704M | – |
| 1983 | $716M | – |
| 1982 | $561M | – |
| 1981 | $486M | – |
| 1980 | $459M | – |
| 1979 | $437M | – |
| 1978 | $460M | – |
| 1977 | $515M | – |
| 1976 | $427M | – |
| 1975 | $242M | – |
| 1974 | $235M | – |
| 1973 | $208M | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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
Bangladesh vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018