Singapore vs Vietnam
Singapore vs Vietnam: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $2,980 in Singapore and $104 in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by $2,877, or 29 times that in Vietnam.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Singapore has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, Singapore ranked 3 and Vietnam ranked 76 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Singapore | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,980 | $104 |
| 2024 | $2,637 | $85 |
| 2023 | $2,424 | $80 |
| 2022 | $2,167 | $71 |
| 2021 | $1,981 | $76 |
| 2020 | $1,724 | $73 |
| 2019 | $1,839 | $75 |
| 2018 | $1,886 | $72 |
| 2017 | $1,823 | $68 |
| 2016 | $1,776 | $68 |
| 2015 | $1,709 | $66 |
| 2014 | $1,769 | $62 |
| 2013 | $1,748 | $61 |
| 2012 | $1,750 | $53 |
| 2011 | $1,741 | $34 |
| 2010 | $1,612 | $31 |
| 2009 | $1,536 | $34 |
| 2008 | $1,584 | $24 |
| 2007 | $1,453 | $22 |
| 2006 | $1,348 | $16 |
| 2005 | $1,298 | $13 |
| 2004 | $1,220 | $11 |
| 2003 | $1,141 | $11 |
| 2002 | $1,090 | – |
| 2001 | $1,056 | – |
| 2000 | $1,085 | – |
| 1999 | $1,140 | – |
| 1998 | $1,157 | – |
| 1997 | $1,194 | – |
| 1996 | $1,140 | – |
| 1995 | $1,058 | – |
| 1994 | $831 | $6 |
| 1993 | $759 | $4 |
| 1992 | $733 | $5 |
| 1991 | $655 | $6 |
| 1990 | $603 | $8 |
| 1989 | $488 | $7 |
| 1988 | $429 | $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
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 in US dollarsSingapore: $16.9B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B 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