Cambodia vs Vietnam
Cambodia vs Vietnam: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $42 in Cambodia and $104 in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by $62, or 2.49 times that in Cambodia.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Vietnam has been higher since 2003, when it overtook Cambodia.
- In 2025, Cambodia ranked 102 and Vietnam ranked 76 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Cambodia | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $42 | $104 |
| 2024 | $41 | $85 |
| 2023 | $39 | $80 |
| 2022 | $36 | $71 |
| 2021 | $37 | $76 |
| 2020 | $37 | $73 |
| 2019 | $36 | $75 |
| 2018 | $34 | $72 |
| 2017 | $29 | $68 |
| 2016 | $24 | $68 |
| 2015 | $21 | $66 |
| 2014 | $18 | $62 |
| 2013 | $16 | $61 |
| 2012 | $15 | $53 |
| 2011 | $13 | $34 |
| 2010 | $12 | $31 |
| 2009 | $10 | $34 |
| 2008 | $6 | $24 |
| 2007 | $6 | $22 |
| 2006 | $6 | $16 |
| 2005 | $5 | $13 |
| 2004 | $5 | $11 |
| 2003 | $5 | $11 |
| 2002 | $5 | – |
| 2001 | $6 | – |
| 2000 | $7 | – |
| 1999 | $7 | – |
| 1998 | $7 | – |
| 1997 | $9 | – |
| 1996 | $11 | – |
| 1995 | $13 | – |
| 1994 | $12 | $6 |
| 1993 | $5 | $4 |
| 1992 | $8 | $5 |
| 1991 | $6 | $6 |
| 1990 | $4 | $8 |
| 1989 | – | $7 |
| 1988 | – | $21 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 spendingCambodia: 1.45% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCambodia: $716M in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B 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