United Arab Emirates vs Vietnam: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $27.8B in United Arab Emirates in 2014 and $10.9B in Vietnam in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by $21.3B, or 4.27 times that in Vietnam.
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Latest figures
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates | $27.8B 2014 | $13B | — |
| Vietnam | $10.9B 2025 | $7.2B | 32 of 151 |
What the numbers say
- United Arab Emirates has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2003.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | United Arab Emirates | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $10.9B |
| 2024 | – | $8.59B |
| 2023 | – | $8.12B |
| 2022 | – | $7.31B |
| 2021 | – | $7.96B |
| 2020 | – | $7.73B |
| 2019 | – | $8.03B |
| 2018 | – | $7.69B |
| 2017 | – | $7.32B |
| 2016 | – | $7.34B |
| 2015 | – | $7.2B |
| 2014 | $27.8B | $6.51B |
| 2013 | $29.5B | $6.58B |
| 2012 | $24.1B | $5.99B |
| 2011 | $24.4B | $4.11B |
| 2010 | $22.5B | $3.96B |
| 2009 | $17.9B | $4.23B |
| 2008 | $15.2B | $3.06B |
| 2007 | $12.5B | $3.24B |
| 2006 | $11.8B | $2.51B |
| 2005 | $11.9B | $2.13B |
| 2004 | $13B | $2.05B |
| 2003 | $11.7B | $2B |
| 2002 | $11.1B | – |
| 2001 | $12.3B | – |
| 2000 | $12.8B | – |
| 1999 | $9.37B | – |
| 1998 | $9.06B | – |
| 1997 | $7.68B | – |
| 1994 | – | $1.08B |
| 1993 | – | $793M |
| 1992 | – | $1.01B |
| 1991 | – | $1.6B |
| 1990 | – | $2.25B |
| 1989 | – | $1.89B |
| 1988 | – | $1.43B |
| 1987 | – | $884M |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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.
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