Cambodia vs Vietnam
Cambodia vs Vietnam: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 1.45% of GDP in Cambodia and 2.15% of GDP in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 0.7 percentage points, or 1.49 times that in Cambodia.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Vietnam has been higher since 2003, when it overtook Cambodia.
- In 2025, Cambodia ranked 87 and Vietnam ranked 49 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Cambodia | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.45 | 2.15 |
| 2024 | 1.52 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 1.55 | 1.83 |
| 2022 | 1.54 | 1.72 |
| 2021 | 1.7 | 2.05 |
| 2020 | 1.78 | 2.07 |
| 2019 | 1.62 | 2.17 |
| 2018 | 1.64 | 2.22 |
| 2017 | 1.56 | 2.28 |
| 2016 | 1.44 | 2.46 |
| 2015 | 1.35 | 2.56 |
| 2014 | 1.26 | 2.41 |
| 2013 | 1.23 | 2.58 |
| 2012 | 1.22 | 2.42 |
| 2011 | 1.2 | 1.76 |
| 2010 | 1.22 | 1.84 |
| 2009 | 1.09 | 2.73 |
| 2008 | 0.68 | 2.07 |
| 2007 | 0.78 | 2.31 |
| 2006 | 0.91 | 1.94 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1.78 |
| 2004 | 1.18 | 2.01 |
| 2003 | 1.34 | 2.13 |
| 2002 | 1.45 | – |
| 2001 | 1.71 | – |
| 2000 | 2.19 | – |
| 1999 | 2.51 | – |
| 1998 | 2.66 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | – |
| 1996 | 3.24 | – |
| 1995 | 3.58 | – |
| 1994 | 3.84 | 2.65 |
| 1993 | 1.76 | 2.26 |
| 1992 | 3.15 | 3.38 |
| 1991 | 2.33 | 5.6 |
| 1990 | 2.07 | 7.91 |
| 1989 | 1.99 | 7.29 |
| 1988 | 1.28 | 7.1 |
| 1987 | 1.57 | 3.95 |
| 1986 | 1.15 | – |
- 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
Cambodia vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancyCambodia: 70.7 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCambodia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCambodia: 19.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCambodia: 29.1% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionCambodia: 3.1% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateCambodia: 4.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCambodia: 17.4 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthCambodia: 1.25% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCambodia: 2.58 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCambodia: 41.1% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageCambodia: 25.8 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCambodia: 6% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateCambodia: -1.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsCambodia: $716M in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personCambodia: $42 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCambodia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCambodia: 191,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerCambodia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCambodia: 2.02% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCambodia: 56 million TIV in 2023Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCambodia: 1 million TIV in 2000Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018