Nigeria vs Vietnam
Nigeria vs Vietnam: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $9 in Nigeria and $104 in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by $95, or 12 times that in Nigeria.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Vietnam has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, Nigeria ranked 141 and Vietnam ranked 76 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Nigeria | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $9 | $104 |
| 2024 | $5 | $85 |
| 2023 | $14 | $80 |
| 2022 | $14 | $71 |
| 2021 | $21 | $76 |
| 2020 | $13 | $73 |
| 2019 | $11 | $75 |
| 2018 | $11 | $72 |
| 2017 | $8 | $68 |
| 2016 | $9 | $68 |
| 2015 | $11 | $66 |
| 2014 | $13 | $62 |
| 2013 | $14 | $61 |
| 2012 | $13 | $53 |
| 2011 | $14 | $34 |
| 2010 | $12 | $31 |
| 2009 | $9 | $34 |
| 2008 | $10 | $24 |
| 2007 | $6 | $22 |
| 2006 | $5 | $16 |
| 2005 | $5 | $13 |
| 2004 | $5 | $11 |
| 2003 | $4 | $11 |
| 2002 | $7 | – |
| 2001 | $4 | – |
| 2000 | $3 | – |
| 1999 | $4 | – |
| 1998 | $10 | – |
| 1997 | $7 | – |
| 1996 | $6 | – |
| 1995 | $6 | – |
| 1994 | $3 | $6 |
| 1993 | $3 | $4 |
| 1992 | $2 | $5 |
| 1991 | $2 | $6 |
| 1990 | $3 | $8 |
| 1989 | $2 | $7 |
| 1988 | $3 | $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
Nigeria vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancyNigeria: 54.5 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityNigeria: 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityNigeria: 69.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterNigeria: 29% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionNigeria: 3.92% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateNigeria: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationNigeria: 228 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthNigeria: 2.1% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateNigeria: 4.48 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationNigeria: 63.8% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageNigeria: 17.8 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overNigeria: 3% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateNigeria: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingNigeria: 0.91% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsNigeria: $1.76B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingNigeria: 5.9% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelNigeria: 223,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerNigeria: 1.16% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersNigeria: 0.23% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsNigeria: 21 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsNigeria: 4 million TIV in 2022Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018