United Arab Emirates vs Vietnam: Military spending
Military spending: 5.64% of GDP in United Arab Emirates in 2014 and 2.15% of GDP in Vietnam in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 3.23 percentage points, or 2.34 times that in Vietnam.
United Arab EmiratesVietnam
Watch it change on the map% of GDP · SIPRI · log scale
Latest figures
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates | 5.64 2014 | 4.61 | — |
| Vietnam | 2.15 2025 | 2.56 | 49 of 151 |
What the numbers say
- United Arab Emirates has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2003.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | United Arab Emirates | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 2.15 |
| 2024 | – | 1.8 |
| 2023 | – | 1.83 |
| 2022 | – | 1.72 |
| 2021 | – | 2.05 |
| 2020 | – | 2.07 |
| 2019 | – | 2.17 |
| 2018 | – | 2.22 |
| 2017 | – | 2.28 |
| 2016 | – | 2.46 |
| 2015 | – | 2.56 |
| 2014 | 5.64 | 2.41 |
| 2013 | 6.04 | 2.58 |
| 2012 | 5.08 | 2.42 |
| 2011 | 5.47 | 1.76 |
| 2010 | 6.04 | 1.84 |
| 2009 | 5.46 | 2.73 |
| 2008 | 3.67 | 2.07 |
| 2007 | 3.28 | 2.31 |
| 2006 | 3.23 | 1.94 |
| 2005 | 3.66 | 1.78 |
| 2004 | 4.61 | 2.01 |
| 2003 | 4.69 | 2.13 |
| 2002 | 4.88 | – |
| 2001 | 5.61 | – |
| 2000 | 8.32 | – |
| 1999 | 7.67 | – |
| 1998 | 8.63 | – |
| 1997 | 6.76 | – |
| 1994 | – | 2.65 |
| 1993 | – | 2.26 |
| 1992 | – | 3.38 |
| 1991 | – | 5.6 |
| 1990 | – | 7.91 |
| 1989 | – | 7.29 |
| 1988 | – | 7.1 |
| 1987 | – | 3.95 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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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