France vs Vietnam
France vs Vietnam: Arms exports
Arms exports: 3.37 billion TIV in France in 2025 and 10 million TIV in Vietnam in 2018, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in France, by 1.86 billion TIV, or 190 times that in Vietnam.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- France has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1972.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 billion TIV in 2018.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | France | Vietnam | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.37 billion | – | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 2.47 billion | – | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 2.18 billion | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 3.16 billion | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 3.9 billion | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 2.29 billion | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 3.75 billion | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 1.87 billion | 10 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 2.34 billion | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 2.19 billion | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 2.23 billion | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 1.76 billion | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 1.87 billion | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 1.34 billion | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 2.08 billion | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 888 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 1.85 billion | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 1.87 billion | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 2.15 billion | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 1.48 billion | 14 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 1.65 billion | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 2.12 billion | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 1.35 billion | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 1.38 billion | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 1.31 billion | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 966 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 1.68 billion | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 3.1 billion | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 3.18 billion | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 1.84 billion | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 969 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 858 million | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 971 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 1.25 billion | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1.17 billion | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 1.8 billion | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 2.27 billion | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 1.96 billion | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 1.75 billion | 11 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 2.96 billion | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 3.99 billion | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 2.93 billion | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 3.41 billion | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 3.79 billion | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 3.68 billion | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 3.85 billion | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 2.97 billion | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 3.32 billion | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 2.74 billion | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 2.04 billion | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 2.32 billion | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 2.18 billion | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 2.97 billion | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 2.69 billion | 0 | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 2.36 billion | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 1.74 billion | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 1.52 billion | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 1.5 billion | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 1.6 billion | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 1.9 billion | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 1.33 billion | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 1.57 billion | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 1.33 billion | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 912 million | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 856 million | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 866 million | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
France vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancyFrance: 83.3 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityFrance: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityFrance: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterFrance: 99.7% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionFrance: 4.25% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateFrance: 12.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationFrance: 66.4 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthFrance: 0.17% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateFrance: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationFrance: 78.8% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageFrance: 41.8 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overFrance: 21.8% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateFrance: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingFrance: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsFrance: $64.5B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personFrance: $1,021 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingFrance: 3.5% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelFrance: 304,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerFrance: 1.09% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersFrance: 1% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsFrance: 236 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025