Switzerland vs Vietnam
Switzerland vs Vietnam: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $849 in Switzerland and $104 in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Switzerland, by $745, or 8.2 times that in Vietnam.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Switzerland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, Switzerland ranked 27 and Vietnam ranked 76 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Switzerland | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $849 | $104 |
| 2024 | $735 | $85 |
| 2023 | $714 | $80 |
| 2022 | $647 | $71 |
| 2021 | $633 | $76 |
| 2020 | $666 | $73 |
| 2019 | $588 | $75 |
| 2018 | $558 | $72 |
| 2017 | $550 | $68 |
| 2016 | $549 | $68 |
| 2015 | $549 | $66 |
| 2014 | $567 | $62 |
| 2013 | $626 | $61 |
| 2012 | $577 | $53 |
| 2011 | $632 | $34 |
| 2010 | $529 | $31 |
| 2009 | $527 | $34 |
| 2008 | $540 | $24 |
| 2007 | $470 | $22 |
| 2006 | $447 | $16 |
| 2005 | $470 | $13 |
| 2004 | $476 | $11 |
| 2003 | $448 | $11 |
| 2002 | $398 | – |
| 2001 | $384 | – |
| 2000 | $391 | – |
| 1999 | $442 | – |
| 1998 | $492 | – |
| 1997 | $494 | – |
| 1996 | $600 | – |
| 1995 | $662 | – |
| 1994 | $560 | $6 |
| 1993 | $523 | $4 |
| 1992 | $605 | $5 |
| 1991 | $595 | $6 |
| 1990 | $608 | $8 |
| 1989 | $466 | $7 |
| 1988 | $499 | $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
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 in US dollarsSwitzerland: $7.15B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B 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