Israel vs Vietnam
Israel vs Vietnam: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending in 2025: 17.8% of government spending in Israel and 9.9% of government spending in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 7.9 percentage points, or 1.8 times that in Vietnam.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2003.
- In 2025, Israel ranked 10 and Vietnam ranked 29 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Israel | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17.8 | 9.9 |
| 2024 | 19.3 | 9.4 |
| 2023 | 13.4 | 9.8 |
| 2022 | 11.7 | 9.4 |
| 2021 | 12 | 10.2 |
| 2020 | 11.4 | 9.7 |
| 2019 | 12.8 | 11 |
| 2018 | 13.1 | 10.9 |
| 2017 | 13.7 | 10.6 |
| 2016 | 13.6 | 11.1 |
| 2015 | 14 | 10.6 |
| 2014 | 14.3 | 10.6 |
| 2013 | 13.3 | 10.6 |
| 2012 | 13.4 | 10.3 |
| 2011 | 13.8 | 8.3 |
| 2010 | 14.4 | 7.8 |
| 2009 | 14.3 | 8.6 |
| 2008 | 15 | 7.6 |
| 2007 | 15.1 | 8.1 |
| 2006 | 14 | 7.4 |
| 2005 | 14.1 | 6.8 |
| 2004 | 14.2 | 7.5 |
| 2003 | 13.6 | 7.6 |
| 2002 | 12.7 | – |
| 2001 | 13.5 | – |
| 2000 | 13.9 | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 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
Israel vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIsrael: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIsrael: 99.5% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateIsrael: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateIsrael: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIsrael: 7.81% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIsrael: $43.7B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIsrael: 178,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerIsrael: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIsrael: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIsrael: 537 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIsrael: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018