Netherlands vs Vietnam
Netherlands vs Vietnam: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $1,582 in Netherlands and $104 in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by $1,479, or 15 times that in Vietnam.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Netherlands has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, Netherlands ranked 9 and Vietnam ranked 76 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Netherlands | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,582 | $104 |
| 2024 | $1,298 | $85 |
| 2023 | $923 | $80 |
| 2022 | $766 | $71 |
| 2021 | $815 | $76 |
| 2020 | $743 | $73 |
| 2019 | $687 | $75 |
| 2018 | $640 | $72 |
| 2017 | $555 | $68 |
| 2016 | $532 | $68 |
| 2015 | $508 | $66 |
| 2014 | $608 | $62 |
| 2013 | $604 | $61 |
| 2012 | $614 | $53 |
| 2011 | $693 | $34 |
| 2010 | $671 | $31 |
| 2009 | $729 | $34 |
| 2008 | $748 | $24 |
| 2007 | $696 | $22 |
| 2006 | $620 | $16 |
| 2005 | $582 | $13 |
| 2004 | $572 | $11 |
| 2003 | $512 | $11 |
| 2002 | $414 | – |
| 2001 | $385 | – |
| 2000 | $373 | – |
| 1999 | $442 | – |
| 1998 | $434 | – |
| 1997 | $436 | – |
| 1996 | $502 | – |
| 1995 | $516 | – |
| 1994 | $462 | $6 |
| 1993 | $460 | $4 |
| 1992 | $520 | $5 |
| 1991 | $480 | $6 |
| 1990 | $496 | $8 |
| 1989 | $430 | $7 |
| 1988 | $455 | $21 |
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.
- 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
Netherlands vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancyNetherlands: 82.2 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityNetherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityNetherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterNetherlands: 100% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionNetherlands: 4.03% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateNetherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationNetherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthNetherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateNetherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationNetherlands: 95.9% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageNetherlands: 41.4 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overNetherlands: 20.2% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateNetherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingNetherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsNetherlands: $27B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingNetherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelNetherlands: 41,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerNetherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersNetherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsNetherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsNetherlands: 601 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018