India vs Vietnam
India vs Vietnam: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 2.3% of GDP in India and 2.15% of GDP in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by 0.14 percentage points, or 1.07 times that in Vietnam.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- India has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Vietnam.
- In 2025, India ranked 43 and Vietnam ranked 49 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | India | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.3 | 2.15 |
| 2024 | 2.22 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 2.36 | 1.83 |
| 2022 | 2.38 | 1.72 |
| 2021 | 2.47 | 2.05 |
| 2020 | 2.8 | 2.07 |
| 2019 | 2.55 | 2.17 |
| 2018 | 2.42 | 2.22 |
| 2017 | 2.53 | 2.28 |
| 2016 | 2.54 | 2.46 |
| 2015 | 2.46 | 2.56 |
| 2014 | 2.54 | 2.41 |
| 2013 | 2.55 | 2.58 |
| 2012 | 2.62 | 2.42 |
| 2011 | 2.7 | 1.76 |
| 2010 | 2.89 | 1.84 |
| 2009 | 3.13 | 2.73 |
| 2008 | 2.63 | 2.07 |
| 2007 | 2.48 | 2.31 |
| 2006 | 2.68 | 1.94 |
| 2005 | 2.91 | 1.78 |
| 2004 | 2.83 | 2.01 |
| 2003 | 2.68 | 2.13 |
| 2002 | 2.83 | – |
| 2001 | 2.92 | – |
| 2000 | 2.95 | – |
| 1999 | 2.96 | – |
| 1998 | 2.73 | – |
| 1997 | 2.65 | – |
| 1996 | 2.47 | – |
| 1995 | 2.58 | – |
| 1994 | 2.67 | 2.65 |
| 1993 | 2.82 | 2.26 |
| 1992 | 2.71 | 3.38 |
| 1991 | 2.91 | 5.6 |
| 1990 | 3.15 | 7.91 |
| 1989 | 3.53 | 7.29 |
| 1988 | 3.73 | 7.1 |
| 1987 | 4.23 | 3.95 |
| 1986 | 4.11 | – |
| 1985 | 3.57 | – |
| 1984 | 3.42 | – |
| 1983 | 3.32 | – |
| 1982 | 3.35 | – |
| 1981 | 3.19 | – |
| 1980 | 3.13 | – |
| 1979 | 3.26 | – |
| 1978 | 3.13 | – |
| 1977 | 3.16 | – |
| 1976 | 3.48 | – |
| 1975 | 3.54 | – |
| 1974 | 3.2 | – |
| 1973 | 3.16 | – |
| 1972 | 3.72 | – |
| 1971 | 3.65 | – |
| 1970 | 3.19 | – |
| 1969 | 3.14 | – |
| 1968 | 3.25 | – |
| 1967 | 3.22 | – |
| 1966 | 3.57 | – |
| 1965 | 3.87 | – |
| 1964 | 3.82 | – |
| 1963 | 4.03 | – |
| 1962 | 2.75 | – |
| 1961 | 2.07 | – |
| 1960 | 2 | – |
| 1959 | 2.14 | – |
| 1958 | 1.92 | – |
| 1957 | 2.48 | – |
| 1956 | 2.02 | – |
- 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
India vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancyIndia: 72 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIndia: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIndia: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIndia: 3.53% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateIndia: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIndia: 1.44 billion people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthIndia: 0.89% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIndia: 1.98 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIndia: 35.7% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageIndia: 28.1 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIndia: 6.9% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateIndia: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsIndia: $93.3B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personIndia: $63 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIndia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIndia: 3.07 million people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerIndia: 9.94% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIndia: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIndia: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIndia: 81 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018