Switzerland vs Vietnam
Switzerland vs Vietnam: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $7.15B in Switzerland and $10.9B in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by $3.76B, or 1.53 times that in Switzerland.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Vietnam has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Switzerland.
- In 2025, Switzerland ranked 38 and Vietnam ranked 32 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Switzerland | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $7.15B | $10.9B |
| 2024 | $6.54B | $8.59B |
| 2023 | $6.51B | $8.12B |
| 2022 | $6.33B | $7.31B |
| 2021 | $6.04B | $7.96B |
| 2020 | $6.53B | $7.73B |
| 2019 | $6.01B | $8.03B |
| 2018 | $5.6B | $7.69B |
| 2017 | $5.56B | $7.32B |
| 2016 | $5.52B | $7.34B |
| 2015 | $5.31B | $7.2B |
| 2014 | $5.1B | $6.51B |
| 2013 | $5.63B | $6.58B |
| 2012 | $5.18B | $5.99B |
| 2011 | $5.28B | $4.11B |
| 2010 | $5.14B | $3.96B |
| 2009 | $5.33B | $4.23B |
| 2008 | $5.33B | $3.06B |
| 2007 | $5.2B | $3.24B |
| 2006 | $5.17B | $2.51B |
| 2005 | $5.43B | $2.13B |
| 2004 | $5.52B | $2.05B |
| 2003 | $5.62B | $2B |
| 2002 | $5.77B | – |
| 2001 | $6.03B | – |
| 2000 | $6.18B | – |
| 1999 | $6.27B | – |
| 1998 | $6.77B | – |
| 1997 | $6.79B | – |
| 1996 | $7.05B | – |
| 1995 | $7.45B | – |
| 1994 | $7.36B | $1.08B |
| 1993 | $7.43B | $793M |
| 1992 | $8.36B | $1.01B |
| 1991 | $8.61B | $1.6B |
| 1990 | $8.92B | $2.25B |
| 1989 | $8.41B | $1.89B |
| 1988 | $8.25B | $1.43B |
| 1987 | $7.9B | $884M |
| 1986 | $8.21B | – |
| 1985 | $8.66B | – |
| 1984 | $7.87B | – |
| 1983 | $7.79B | – |
| 1982 | $7.69B | – |
| 1981 | $7.38B | – |
| 1980 | $7.39B | – |
| 1979 | $7.43B | – |
| 1978 | $7.11B | – |
| 1977 | $7.1B | – |
| 1976 | $7.49B | – |
| 1975 | $6.61B | – |
| 1974 | $7.01B | – |
| 1973 | $7.03B | – |
| 1972 | $7.26B | – |
| 1971 | $7.12B | – |
| 1970 | $6.85B | – |
| 1969 | $6.66B | – |
| 1968 | $6.24B | – |
| 1967 | $6.55B | – |
| 1966 | $6.72B | – |
| 1965 | $6.39B | – |
| 1964 | $6.34B | – |
| 1963 | $5.85B | – |
| 1962 | $5.62B | – |
| 1961 | $5.08B | – |
| 1960 | $4.36B | – |
| 1959 | $4.66B | – |
| 1958 | $4.81B | – |
| 1957 | $4.51B | – |
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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
Switzerland vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancySwitzerland: 84 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySwitzerland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySwitzerland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSwitzerland: 96.7% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionSwitzerland: 3.71% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateSwitzerland: 9.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSwitzerland: 8.87 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthSwitzerland: 0.62% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSwitzerland: 1.43 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSwitzerland: 85.7% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageSwitzerland: 42.3 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSwitzerland: 19.6% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateSwitzerland: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSwitzerland: 0.76% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personSwitzerland: $849 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSwitzerland: 2.4% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSwitzerland: 20,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerSwitzerland: 0.12% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSwitzerland: 0.4% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSwitzerland: 33 million TIV in 2023Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSwitzerland: 129 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018