Germany vs Vietnam
Germany vs Vietnam: Arms exports
Arms exports: 1.7 billion TIV in Germany in 2025 and 10 million TIV in Vietnam in 2018, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.09 billion TIV, or 110 times that in Vietnam.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Germany 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 | Germany | Vietnam | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.7 billion | – | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 2.11 billion | – | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 2.55 billion | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1.51 billion | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 852 million | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 1.15 billion | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 978 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 1.1 billion | 10 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 1.83 billion | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 2.51 billion | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 1.82 billion | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 1.83 billion | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 721 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 715 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 1.2 billion | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 2.36 billion | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 2.21 billion | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 2.38 billion | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 3.29 billion | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 2.48 billion | 14 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 2.08 billion | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 1.09 billion | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 1.63 billion | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 889 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 851 million | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 1.67 billion | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 1.94 billion | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 1.84 billion | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 951 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 1.95 billion | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 1.53 billion | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 2.91 billion | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 1.55 billion | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 1.52 billion | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 2.41 billion | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 1.82 billion | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 1.26 billion | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 1.38 billion | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 908 million | 11 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 1.35 billion | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 1.33 billion | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 2.93 billion | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 2.21 billion | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 1.51 billion | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 1.9 billion | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 1.6 billion | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 1.43 billion | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 1.6 billion | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 1.93 billion | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 1.66 billion | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 1.42 billion | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.19 billion | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 222 million | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 1.36 billion | 0 | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 1.36 billion | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 1.58 billion | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 882 million | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 588 million | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 758 million | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 711 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 327 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 437 million | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 133 million | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 146 million | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 12 million | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 156 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
Germany vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancyGermany: 81.4 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGermany: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGermany: 3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGermany: 99.9% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionGermany: 3.96% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateGermany: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGermany: 84.6 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthGermany: 0.35% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGermany: 1.44 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGermany: 82.1% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageGermany: 45.2 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGermany: 22.8% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateGermany: 7.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGermany: 2.27% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGermany: $107B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personGermany: $1,346 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGermany: 4.5% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGermany: 183,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerGermany: 1.5% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGermany: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGermany: 1.63 billion TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025