Sweden vs Vietnam
Sweden vs Vietnam: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $1,549 in Sweden and $104 in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by $1,446, or 15 times that in Vietnam.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sweden has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, Sweden ranked 10 and Vietnam ranked 76 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Sweden | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,549 | $104 |
| 2024 | $1,139 | $85 |
| 2023 | $835 | $80 |
| 2022 | $739 | $71 |
| 2021 | $731 | $76 |
| 2020 | $607 | $73 |
| 2019 | $571 | $75 |
| 2018 | $567 | $72 |
| 2017 | $554 | $68 |
| 2016 | $551 | $68 |
| 2015 | $553 | $66 |
| 2014 | $680 | $62 |
| 2013 | $683 | $61 |
| 2012 | $658 | $53 |
| 2011 | $672 | $34 |
| 2010 | $630 | $31 |
| 2009 | $547 | $34 |
| 2008 | $656 | $24 |
| 2007 | $701 | $22 |
| 2006 | $616 | $16 |
| 2005 | $612 | $13 |
| 2004 | $614 | $11 |
| 2003 | $593 | $11 |
| 2002 | $489 | – |
| 2001 | $465 | – |
| 2000 | $541 | – |
| 1999 | $582 | – |
| 1998 | $580 | – |
| 1997 | $588 | – |
| 1996 | $702 | – |
| 1995 | $650 | – |
| 1994 | $590 | $6 |
| 1993 | $577 | $4 |
| 1992 | $743 | $5 |
| 1991 | $724 | $6 |
| 1990 | $724 | $8 |
| 1989 | $595 | $7 |
| 1988 | $585 | $21 |
- Estimate
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.
- 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
Sweden vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancySweden: 83.3 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSweden: 99.7% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionSweden: 4.49% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateSweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSweden: 10.6 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthSweden: 0.56% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSweden: 89.1% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageSweden: 39.9 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSweden: 20.5% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateSweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSweden: $15B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSweden: 5% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSweden: 15,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerSweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSweden: 146 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSweden: 235 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018