Spain vs Vietnam
Spain vs Vietnam: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 2.13% of GDP in Spain and 2.15% of GDP in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 0.02 percentage points, or 1.01 times that in Spain.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Vietnam has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1987.
- In 2025, Spain ranked 51 and Vietnam ranked 49 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Spain | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.13 | 2.15 |
| 2024 | 1.46 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 1.54 | 1.83 |
| 2022 | 1.43 | 1.72 |
| 2021 | 1.37 | 2.05 |
| 2020 | 1.36 | 2.07 |
| 2019 | 1.23 | 2.17 |
| 2018 | 1.25 | 2.22 |
| 2017 | 1.22 | 2.28 |
| 2016 | 1.13 | 2.46 |
| 2015 | 1.26 | 2.56 |
| 2014 | 1.25 | 2.41 |
| 2013 | 1.27 | 2.58 |
| 2012 | 1.42 | 2.42 |
| 2011 | 1.33 | 1.76 |
| 2010 | 1.38 | 1.84 |
| 2009 | 1.36 | 2.73 |
| 2008 | 1.37 | 2.07 |
| 2007 | 1.36 | 2.31 |
| 2006 | 1.37 | 1.94 |
| 2005 | 1.39 | 1.78 |
| 2004 | 1.43 | 2.01 |
| 2003 | 1.42 | 2.13 |
| 2002 | 1.46 | – |
| 2001 | 1.63 | – |
| 2000 | 1.73 | – |
| 1999 | 1.76 | – |
| 1998 | 1.76 | – |
| 1997 | 1.72 | – |
| 1996 | 1.81 | – |
| 1995 | 1.92 | – |
| 1994 | 2 | 2.65 |
| 1993 | 2.01 | 2.26 |
| 1992 | 2.04 | 3.38 |
| 1991 | 2.13 | 5.6 |
| 1990 | 2.29 | 7.91 |
| 1989 | 2.36 | 7.29 |
| 1988 | 2.49 | 7.1 |
| 1987 | 2.62 | 3.95 |
| 1986 | 2.63 | – |
| 1985 | 2.96 | – |
| 1984 | 2.97 | – |
| 1983 | 2.94 | – |
| 1982 | 2.66 | – |
| 1981 | 2.58 | – |
| 1980 | 2.49 | – |
| 1979 | 2.5 | – |
| 1978 | 2.36 | – |
| 1977 | 2.31 | – |
| 1976 | 2.32 | – |
| 1975 | 2 | – |
| 1974 | 2.21 | – |
| 1973 | 2.11 | – |
| 1972 | 2.32 | – |
| 1971 | 2.11 | – |
| 1970 | 2.29 | – |
| 1969 | 2.43 | – |
| 1968 | 2.3 | – |
| 1967 | 1.85 | – |
| 1966 | 2.08 | – |
| 1965 | 1.89 | – |
| 1964 | 1.93 | – |
| 1963 | 1.97 | – |
| 1962 | 2.27 | – |
| 1961 | 2.03 | – |
| 1960 | 2.25 | – |
| 1959 | 1.91 | – |
| 1958 | 1.93 | – |
| 1957 | 2.24 | – |
| 1956 | 2.26 | – |
| 1955 | 2.31 | – |
| 1954 | 2.29 | – |
- Estimate
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.
- 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
Spain vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancySpain: 83.7 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySpain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySpain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSpain: 99.6% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionSpain: 3.54% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateSpain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSpain: 47.9 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthSpain: 0.02% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSpain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSpain: 80.5% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageSpain: 44.9 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSpain: 20.7% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateSpain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsSpain: $37.7B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personSpain: $839 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSpain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSpain: 199,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerSpain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSpain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSpain: 237 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSpain: 341 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018