Singapore vs Vietnam
Singapore vs Vietnam: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $16.9B in Singapore and $10.9B in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by $5.99B, or 1.55 times that in Vietnam.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Singapore has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1987.
- In 2025, Singapore ranked 23 and Vietnam ranked 32 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Singapore | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $16.9B | $10.9B |
| 2024 | $15.3B | $8.59B |
| 2023 | $14.4B | $8.12B |
| 2022 | $13.3B | $7.31B |
| 2021 | $12.6B | $7.96B |
| 2020 | $11.8B | $7.73B |
| 2019 | $12.4B | $8.03B |
| 2018 | $12.5B | $7.69B |
| 2017 | $12.4B | $7.32B |
| 2016 | $12.1B | $7.34B |
| 2015 | $11.4B | $7.2B |
| 2014 | $10.6B | $6.51B |
| 2013 | $10.3B | $6.58B |
| 2012 | $10.4B | $5.99B |
| 2011 | $10.6B | $4.11B |
| 2010 | $11B | $3.96B |
| 2009 | $11.2B | $4.23B |
| 2008 | $10.9B | $3.06B |
| 2007 | $10.8B | $3.24B |
| 2006 | $10.4B | $2.51B |
| 2005 | $10.3B | $2.13B |
| 2004 | $9.7B | $2.05B |
| 2003 | $9.52B | $2B |
| 2002 | $9.43B | – |
| 2001 | $8.94B | – |
| 2000 | $8.73B | – |
| 1999 | $9.03B | – |
| 1998 | $8.86B | – |
| 1997 | $7.83B | – |
| 1996 | $6.98B | – |
| 1995 | $6.37B | – |
| 1994 | $5.32B | $1.08B |
| 1993 | $5.14B | $793M |
| 1992 | $4.99B | $1.01B |
| 1991 | $4.69B | $1.6B |
| 1990 | $4.53B | $2.25B |
| 1989 | $3.95B | $1.89B |
| 1988 | $3.57B | $1.43B |
| 1987 | $3.31B | $884M |
| 1986 | $3.33B | – |
| 1985 | $3.42B | – |
| 1984 | $2.91B | – |
| 1983 | $2.36B | – |
| 1982 | $2.44B | – |
| 1981 | $2.31B | – |
| 1980 | $2.08B | – |
| 1979 | $1.85B | – |
| 1978 | $1.87B | – |
| 1977 | $1.91B | – |
| 1976 | $1.6B | – |
| 1975 | $1.33B | – |
| 1974 | $1.17B | – |
| 1973 | $1.28B | – |
| 1972 | $1.32B | – |
| 1971 | $1.25B | – |
| 1970 | $1.03B | – |
- 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
Singapore vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancySingapore: 83.7 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySingapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySingapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSingapore: 100% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionSingapore: 3.44% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateSingapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSingapore: 5.79 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthSingapore: 0.81% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSingapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSingapore: 100% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageSingapore: 35.1 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSingapore: 13.1% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateSingapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSingapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personSingapore: $2,980 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSingapore: 18% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSingapore: 59,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerSingapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSingapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSingapore: 57 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSingapore: 79 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018