Tanzania vs Vietnam
Tanzania vs Vietnam: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 1.16% of GDP in Tanzania and 2.15% of GDP in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 1 percentage points, or 1.86 times that in Tanzania.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Vietnam has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1987.
- In 2025, Tanzania ranked 101 and Vietnam ranked 49 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Tanzania | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.16 | 2.15 |
| 2024 | 1.17 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 1.23 | 1.83 |
| 2022 | 1.19 | 1.72 |
| 2021 | 1.12 | 2.05 |
| 2020 | 1.08 | 2.07 |
| 2019 | 1.06 | 2.17 |
| 2018 | 1.1 | 2.22 |
| 2017 | 1.06 | 2.28 |
| 2016 | 1.09 | 2.46 |
| 2015 | 1.09 | 2.56 |
| 2014 | 1.02 | 2.41 |
| 2013 | 0.97 | 2.58 |
| 2012 | 0.91 | 2.42 |
| 2011 | 0.9 | 1.76 |
| 2010 | 0.9 | 1.84 |
| 2009 | 0.76 | 2.73 |
| 2008 | 0.7 | 2.07 |
| 2007 | 0.76 | 2.31 |
| 2006 | 0.79 | 1.94 |
| 2005 | 0.82 | 1.78 |
| 2004 | 0.99 | 2.01 |
| 2003 | 1.07 | 2.13 |
| 2002 | 1.3 | – |
| 2001 | 1.45 | – |
| 2000 | 1.49 | – |
| 1999 | 1.49 | – |
| 1998 | 1.6 | – |
| 1997 | 1.54 | – |
| 1996 | 1.56 | – |
| 1995 | 1.63 | – |
| 1994 | 1.29 | 2.65 |
| 1993 | 1.38 | 2.26 |
| 1992 | 2.11 | 3.38 |
| 1991 | 2.18 | 5.6 |
| 1990 | 2.05 | 7.91 |
| 1989 | 2.38 | 7.29 |
| 1988 | 2.45 | 7.1 |
| 1987 | 3.15 | 3.95 |
| 1986 | 5.75 | – |
| 1985 | 5.39 | – |
| 1984 | 5.25 | – |
| 1983 | 5.41 | – |
| 1982 | 5.5 | – |
| 1981 | 5.58 | – |
| 1980 | 4.52 | – |
| 1979 | 8.5 | – |
| 1978 | 10.11 | – |
| 1977 | 5.48 | – |
| 1976 | 4.69 | – |
| 1975 | 5.36 | – |
| 1974 | 5.36 | – |
| 1973 | 4.18 | – |
| 1972 | 3.43 | – |
| 1971 | 3.1 | – |
| 1970 | 2.3 | – |
| 1969 | 1.74 | – |
| 1968 | 1.47 | – |
| 1967 | 1.42 | – |
- 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
Tanzania vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancyTanzania: 67 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityTanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityTanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterTanzania: 11.3% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionTanzania: 3.69% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateTanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationTanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthTanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateTanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationTanzania: 36.9% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageTanzania: 17.2 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overTanzania: 3% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateTanzania: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsTanzania: $983M in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personTanzania: $15 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingTanzania: 5.8% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelTanzania: 28,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerTanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersTanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsTanzania: 4 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025