Ireland vs Vietnam
Ireland vs Vietnam: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $1.46B in Ireland and $10.9B in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by $9.45B, or 7.45 times that in Ireland.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Vietnam has been higher since 2003, when it overtook Ireland.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Ireland | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.46B | $10.9B |
| 2024 | $1.33B | $8.59B |
| 2023 | $1.3B | $8.12B |
| 2022 | $1.3B | $7.31B |
| 2021 | $1.36B | $7.96B |
| 2020 | $1.3B | $7.73B |
| 2019 | $1.28B | $8.03B |
| 2018 | $1.22B | $7.69B |
| 2017 | $1.2B | $7.32B |
| 2016 | $1.19B | $7.34B |
| 2015 | $1.18B | $7.2B |
| 2014 | $1.18B | $6.51B |
| 2013 | $1.18B | $6.58B |
| 2012 | $1.19B | $5.99B |
| 2011 | $1.26B | $4.11B |
| 2010 | $1.33B | $3.96B |
| 2009 | $1.39B | $4.23B |
| 2008 | $1.41B | $3.06B |
| 2007 | $1.36B | $3.24B |
| 2006 | $1.35B | $2.51B |
| 2005 | $1.36B | $2.13B |
| 2004 | $1.34B | $2.05B |
| 2003 | $1.32B | $2B |
| 2002 | $1.38B | – |
| 2001 | $1.44B | – |
| 2000 | $1.33B | – |
| 1999 | $1.29B | – |
| 1998 | $1.25B | – |
| 1997 | $1.24B | – |
| 1996 | $1.17B | – |
| 1995 | $1.11B | – |
| 1994 | $1.1B | $1.08B |
| 1993 | $1.08B | $793M |
| 1992 | $1.07B | $1.01B |
| 1991 | $1.08B | $1.6B |
| 1990 | $1.03B | $2.25B |
| 1989 | $908M | $1.89B |
| 1988 | $918M | $1.43B |
| 1987 | $923M | $884M |
| 1986 | $988M | – |
| 1985 | $962M | – |
| 1984 | $933M | – |
| 1983 | $964M | – |
| 1982 | $1.03B | – |
| 1981 | $1.02B | – |
| 1980 | $1.06B | – |
| 1979 | $1.01B | – |
| 1978 | $913M | – |
| 1977 | $853M | – |
| 1976 | $838M | – |
| 1975 | $811M | – |
| 1974 | $668M | – |
| 1973 | $659M | – |
| 1972 | $616M | – |
| 1971 | $519M | – |
| 1970 | $460M | – |
| 1969 | $407M | – |
| 1968 | $390M | – |
| 1967 | $379M | – |
| 1966 | $372M | – |
| 1965 | $391M | – |
| 1964 | $379M | – |
| 1963 | $339M | – |
| 1962 | $335M | – |
| 1961 | $330M | – |
| 1960 | $318M | – |
| 1959 | $299M | – |
| 1958 | $285M | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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
Ireland vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancyIreland: 82.4 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIreland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIreland: 2.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIreland: 96% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionIreland: 4.25% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateIreland: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIreland: 5.2 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthIreland: 1.19% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIreland: 1.6 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIreland: 64.6% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageIreland: 38.4 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIreland: 15.5% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateIreland: 8.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIreland: 0.22% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personIreland: $272 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIreland: 0.9% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIreland: 9,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerIreland: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIreland: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIreland: 14 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIreland: 24 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018