Papua New Guinea vs Vietnam
Papua New Guinea vs Vietnam: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 0.35% of GDP in Papua New Guinea and 2.15% of GDP in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 1.8 percentage points, or 6.15 times that in Papua New Guinea.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Vietnam has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1987.
- In 2025, Papua New Guinea ranked 145 and Vietnam ranked 49 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Papua New Guinea | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.35 | 2.15 |
| 2024 | 0.31 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 0.35 | 1.83 |
| 2022 | 0.42 | 1.72 |
| 2021 | 0.33 | 2.05 |
| 2020 | 0.39 | 2.07 |
| 2019 | 0.36 | 2.17 |
| 2018 | 0.33 | 2.22 |
| 2017 | 0.36 | 2.28 |
| 2016 | 0.38 | 2.46 |
| 2015 | 0.46 | 2.56 |
| 2014 | 0.48 | 2.41 |
| 2013 | 0.49 | 2.58 |
| 2012 | 0.52 | 2.42 |
| 2011 | 0.36 | 1.76 |
| 2010 | 0.33 | 1.84 |
| 2009 | 0.45 | 2.73 |
| 2008 | 0.34 | 2.07 |
| 2007 | 0.41 | 2.31 |
| 2006 | 0.38 | 1.94 |
| 2005 | 0.42 | 1.78 |
| 2004 | 0.39 | 2.01 |
| 2003 | 0.35 | 2.13 |
| 2002 | 0.37 | – |
| 2001 | 0.55 | – |
| 2000 | 0.64 | – |
| 1999 | 0.69 | – |
| 1998 | 0.88 | – |
| 1997 | 1.08 | – |
| 1996 | 1.02 | – |
| 1995 | 0.78 | – |
| 1994 | 1.01 | 2.65 |
| 1993 | 0.92 | 2.26 |
| 1992 | 0.89 | 3.38 |
| 1991 | 0.92 | 5.6 |
| 1990 | 1.42 | 7.91 |
| 1989 | 1.5 | 7.29 |
| 1988 | 1.27 | 7.1 |
| 1987 | 1.61 | 3.95 |
| 1986 | 1.57 | – |
| 1985 | 1.56 | – |
| 1981 | 1.41 | – |
| 1980 | 1.4 | – |
| 1979 | 1.21 | – |
| 1978 | 1.27 | – |
| 1977 | 1.25 | – |
| 1976 | 1.63 | – |
| 1975 | 0.6 | – |
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.
- 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
Papua New Guinea vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancyPapua New Guinea: 66.1 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPapua New Guinea: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPapua New Guinea: 32.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionPapua New Guinea: 3.17% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide ratePapua New Guinea: 23.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPapua New Guinea: 10.4 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthPapua New Guinea: 1.8% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePapua New Guinea: 3.1 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPapua New Guinea: 15.8% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median agePapua New Guinea: 22.3 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPapua New Guinea: 3.3% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration ratePapua New Guinea: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsPapua New Guinea: $110M in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personPapua New Guinea: $10 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPapua New Guinea: 1.6% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPapua New Guinea: 4,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerPapua New Guinea: 0.03% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPapua New Guinea: 0.12% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPapua New Guinea: 9 million TIV in 2023Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025