Japan vs Vietnam
Japan vs Vietnam: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $504 in Japan and $104 in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by $400, or 4.87 times that in Vietnam.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Japan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, Japan ranked 44 and Vietnam ranked 76 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Japan | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $504 | $104 |
| 2024 | $437 | $85 |
| 2023 | $386 | $80 |
| 2022 | $344 | $71 |
| 2021 | $425 | $76 |
| 2020 | $406 | $73 |
| 2019 | $400 | $75 |
| 2018 | $382 | $72 |
| 2017 | $354 | $68 |
| 2016 | $366 | $68 |
| 2015 | $331 | $66 |
| 2014 | $368 | $62 |
| 2013 | $384 | $61 |
| 2012 | $469 | $53 |
| 2011 | $474 | $34 |
| 2010 | $426 | $31 |
| 2009 | $402 | $34 |
| 2008 | $362 | $24 |
| 2007 | $317 | $22 |
| 2006 | $325 | $16 |
| 2005 | $346 | $13 |
| 2004 | $355 | $11 |
| 2003 | $333 | $11 |
| 2002 | $309 | – |
| 2001 | $321 | – |
| 2000 | $359 | – |
| 1999 | $340 | – |
| 1998 | $299 | – |
| 1997 | $322 | – |
| 1996 | $350 | – |
| 1995 | $398 | – |
| 1994 | $362 | $6 |
| 1993 | $332 | $4 |
| 1992 | $290 | $5 |
| 1991 | $265 | $6 |
| 1990 | $234 | $8 |
| 1989 | $228 | $7 |
| 1988 | $231 | $21 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- 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
Japan vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancyJapan: 84.7 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityJapan: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityJapan: 1.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterJapan: 98.7% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionJapan: 3.34% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateJapan: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationJapan: 124 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthJapan: -0.48% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateJapan: 1.21 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationJapan: 92.3% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageJapan: 49 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overJapan: 29.6% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateJapan: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingJapan: 1.41% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsJapan: $59.5B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingJapan: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelJapan: 261,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerJapan: 2.47% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersJapan: 0.38% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsJapan: 1.72 billion TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsJapan: 28 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018