Türkiye vs Vietnam
Türkiye vs Vietnam: National power
National power in 2022: 1.25% of world capability in Türkiye and 1.11% of world capability in Vietnam, by Correlates of War estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 0.14 percentage points, or 1.12 times that in Vietnam.
% of world capability · Correlates of War
What the numbers say
- Türkiye has been higher since 1988, when it overtook Vietnam.
- In 2022, Türkiye ranked 14 and Vietnam ranked 19 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of world capability · Correlates of War
| Year | Türkiye | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.25 | 1.11 |
| 2021 | 1.35 | 1.16 |
| 2020 | 1.32 | 1.15 |
| 2019 | 1.32 | 1.12 |
| 2018 | 1.32 | 1.08 |
| 2017 | 1.36 | 1.04 |
| 2016 | 1.48 | 0.95 |
| 2015 | 1.45 | 1.05 |
| 2014 | 1.47 | 0.91 |
| 2013 | 1.48 | 0.89 |
| 2012 | 1.52 | 0.88 |
| 2011 | 1.51 | 0.85 |
| 2010 | 1.54 | 0.83 |
| 2009 | 1.48 | 0.81 |
| 2008 | 1.52 | 0.81 |
| 2007 | 1.53 | 0.82 |
| 2006 | 1.52 | 0.82 |
| 2005 | 1.47 | 0.83 |
| 2004 | 1.45 | 0.81 |
| 2003 | 1.45 | 0.8 |
| 2002 | 1.43 | 0.8 |
| 2001 | 1.35 | 0.79 |
| 2000 | 1.47 | 0.77 |
| 1999 | 1.64 | 0.75 |
| 1998 | 1.65 | 0.87 |
| 1997 | 1.64 | 0.86 |
| 1996 | 1.61 | 0.85 |
| 1995 | 1.54 | 0.84 |
| 1994 | 1.53 | 0.87 |
| 1993 | 1.41 | 0.96 |
| 1992 | 1.36 | 0.95 |
| 1991 | 1.37 | 1.06 |
| 1990 | 1.24 | 0.97 |
| 1989 | 1.22 | 1.11 |
| 1988 | 1.3 | 1.11 |
| 1987 | 1.29 | 1.3 |
| 1986 | 1.22 | 1.13 |
| 1985 | 1.14 | 0.99 |
| 1984 | 1.08 | 1.1 |
| 1983 | 1.09 | 1.17 |
| 1982 | 1 | 1.15 |
| 1981 | 0.97 | 1.14 |
| 1980 | 0.95 | 1.08 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0.89 |
| 1978 | 0.99 | 0.9 |
| 1977 | 1.04 | 0.88 |
| 1976 | 0.97 | 0.88 |
| 1975 | 0.9 | – |
| 1974 | 0.85 | – |
| 1973 | 0.83 | – |
| 1972 | 0.87 | – |
| 1971 | 0.87 | – |
| 1970 | 0.82 | – |
| 1969 | 0.82 | – |
| 1968 | 0.82 | – |
| 1967 | 0.81 | – |
| 1966 | 0.79 | – |
| 1965 | 0.79 | – |
| 1964 | 0.76 | – |
| 1963 | 0.75 | – |
| 1962 | 0.71 | – |
| 1961 | 0.7 | – |
| 1960 | 0.71 | – |
| 1959 | 0.74 | – |
| 1958 | 0.75 | – |
| 1957 | 0.74 | – |
| 1956 | 0.72 | – |
| 1955 | 0.69 | – |
| 1954 | 0.68 | – |
| 1953 | 0.69 | – |
| 1952 | 0.76 | – |
| 1951 | 0.81 | – |
| 1950 | 1.02 | – |
| 1949 | 1.06 | – |
| 1948 | 1.17 | – |
| 1947 | 1.16 | – |
| 1946 | 1.14 | – |
| 1945 | 0.53 | – |
| 1944 | 0.53 | – |
| 1943 | 0.57 | – |
| 1942 | 0.7 | – |
| 1941 | 0.69 | – |
| 1940 | 0.4 | – |
| 1939 | 0.54 | – |
| 1938 | 0.78 | – |
| 1937 | 0.76 | – |
| 1936 | 0.79 | – |
| 1935 | 0.78 | – |
| 1934 | 0.88 | – |
| 1933 | 0.73 | – |
| 1932 | 0.76 | – |
| 1931 | 0.75 | – |
| 1930 | 0.76 | – |
| 1929 | 0.72 | – |
| 1928 | 0.73 | – |
| 1927 | 0.67 | – |
| 1926 | 0.78 | – |
| 1925 | 0.69 | – |
| 1924 | 0.7 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
- Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, 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
- Military share of state spendingTürkiye: 5.9% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelTürkiye: 512,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- 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