Thailand vs Vietnam
Thailand vs Vietnam: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $84 in Thailand and $104 in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by $20, or 1.24 times that in Thailand.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Vietnam has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Thailand.
- In 2025, Thailand ranked 81 and Vietnam ranked 76 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Thailand | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $84 | $104 |
| 2024 | $77 | $85 |
| 2023 | $80 | $80 |
| 2022 | $84 | $71 |
| 2021 | $99 | $76 |
| 2020 | $102 | $73 |
| 2019 | $100 | $75 |
| 2018 | $93 | $72 |
| 2017 | $86 | $68 |
| 2016 | $79 | $68 |
| 2015 | $77 | $66 |
| 2014 | $80 | $62 |
| 2013 | $80 | $61 |
| 2012 | $78 | $53 |
| 2011 | $75 | $34 |
| 2010 | $76 | $31 |
| 2009 | $64 | $34 |
| 2008 | $54 | $24 |
| 2007 | $40 | $22 |
| 2006 | $32 | $16 |
| 2005 | $28 | $13 |
| 2004 | $30 | $11 |
| 2003 | $29 | $11 |
| 2002 | $28 | – |
| 2001 | $27 | – |
| 2000 | $30 | – |
| 1999 | $33 | – |
| 1998 | $35 | – |
| 1997 | $54 | – |
| 1996 | $66 | – |
| 1995 | $66 | – |
| 1994 | $62 | $6 |
| 1993 | $55 | $4 |
| 1992 | $53 | $5 |
| 1991 | $47 | $6 |
| 1990 | $41 | $8 |
| 1989 | $36 | $7 |
| 1988 | $34 | $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
Thailand vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancyThailand: 76.4 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityThailand: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityThailand: 6.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionThailand: 3.09% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateThailand: 10.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationThailand: 71.7 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthThailand: -0.04% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateThailand: 1.21 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationThailand: 62.8% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageThailand: 39.7 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overThailand: 14.7% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateThailand: 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingThailand: 1.04% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsThailand: $5.57B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingThailand: 4.4% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelThailand: 455,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerThailand: 0.79% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersThailand: 1.13% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsThailand: 33 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsThailand: 15 million TIV in 2024Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018