Türkiye vs Vietnam
Türkiye vs Vietnam: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending in 2025: 5.9% of government spending in Türkiye and 9.9% of government spending in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 4.1 percentage points, or 1.69 times that in Türkiye.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Vietnam has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Türkiye.
- In 2025, Türkiye ranked 60 and Vietnam ranked 29 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Türkiye | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.9 | 9.9 |
| 2024 | 5.6 | 9.4 |
| 2023 | 5.2 | 9.8 |
| 2022 | 6.1 | 9.4 |
| 2021 | 5.9 | 10.2 |
| 2020 | 6.3 | 9.7 |
| 2019 | 7.6 | 11 |
| 2018 | 7.4 | 10.9 |
| 2017 | 6.3 | 10.6 |
| 2016 | 6.1 | 11.1 |
| 2015 | 5.6 | 10.6 |
| 2014 | 5.7 | 10.6 |
| 2013 | 5.7 | 10.6 |
| 2012 | 5.9 | 10.3 |
| 2011 | 6.2 | 8.3 |
| 2010 | 6.4 | 7.8 |
| 2009 | 6.6 | 8.6 |
| 2008 | 6.5 | 7.6 |
| 2007 | 6.7 | 8.1 |
| 2006 | 7 | 7.4 |
| 2005 | 7.4 | 6.8 |
| 2004 | 7.7 | 7.5 |
| 2003 | 8.5 | 7.6 |
| 2002 | 9.2 | – |
| 2001 | 8.1 | – |
| 2000 | 9.2 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Ranks count the 150 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
Türkiye vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancyTürkiye: 77.2 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityTürkiye: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityTürkiye: 9.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionTürkiye: 3.72% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateTürkiye: 3.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationTürkiye: 87.3 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthTürkiye: 0.23% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateTürkiye: 1.63 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationTürkiye: 89.5% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageTürkiye: 32.5 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overTürkiye: 10% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateTürkiye: -3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingTürkiye: 1.91% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsTürkiye: $26.8B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personTürkiye: $342 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelTürkiye: 512,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerTürkiye: 1.25% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersTürkiye: 1.61% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsTürkiye: 381 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsTürkiye: 539 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018