United Kingdom vs Vietnam
United Kingdom vs Vietnam: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $88B in United Kingdom and $10.9B in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by $77.1B, or 8.06 times that in Vietnam.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- United Kingdom has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1987.
- In 2025, United Kingdom ranked 6 and Vietnam ranked 32 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | United Kingdom | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $88B | $10.9B |
| 2024 | $89.8B | $8.59B |
| 2023 | $78.2B | $8.12B |
| 2022 | $73.2B | $7.31B |
| 2021 | $72.1B | $7.96B |
| 2020 | $71B | $7.73B |
| 2019 | $69.9B | $8.03B |
| 2018 | $67.1B | $7.69B |
| 2017 | $66.6B | $7.32B |
| 2016 | $66.4B | $7.34B |
| 2015 | $66.7B | $7.2B |
| 2014 | $69.3B | $6.51B |
| 2013 | $70.6B | $6.58B |
| 2012 | $73.3B | $5.99B |
| 2011 | $75.4B | $4.11B |
| 2010 | $78B | $3.96B |
| 2009 | $79.3B | $4.23B |
| 2008 | $78.1B | $3.06B |
| 2007 | $74.8B | $3.24B |
| 2006 | $72.8B | $2.51B |
| 2005 | $72.5B | $2.13B |
| 2004 | $71.8B | $2.05B |
| 2003 | $71B | $2B |
| 2002 | $66.2B | – |
| 2001 | $62.5B | – |
| 2000 | $60.1B | – |
| 1999 | $59B | – |
| 1998 | $59.3B | – |
| 1997 | $59.1B | – |
| 1996 | $61.3B | – |
| 1995 | $61.8B | – |
| 1994 | $65.9B | $1.08B |
| 1993 | $67.8B | $793M |
| 1992 | $71B | $1.01B |
| 1991 | $76.1B | $1.6B |
| 1990 | $75.2B | $2.25B |
| 1989 | $75.1B | $1.89B |
| 1988 | $74.4B | $1.43B |
| 1987 | $77.2B | $884M |
| 1986 | $78B | – |
| 1985 | $79B | – |
| 1984 | $78.3B | – |
| 1983 | $74.6B | – |
| 1982 | $71.4B | – |
| 1981 | $65.5B | – |
| 1980 | $66.8B | – |
| 1979 | $62.7B | – |
| 1978 | $60.8B | – |
| 1977 | $58.9B | – |
| 1976 | $61.6B | – |
| 1975 | $62.5B | – |
| 1974 | $59.5B | – |
| 1973 | $59.5B | – |
| 1972 | $59.3B | – |
| 1971 | $55.7B | – |
| 1970 | $55.9B | – |
| 1969 | $54.2B | – |
| 1968 | $57.4B | – |
| 1967 | $58.2B | – |
| 1966 | $56.8B | – |
| 1965 | $57.1B | – |
| 1964 | $56.9B | – |
| 1963 | $55.4B | – |
| 1962 | $54.5B | – |
| 1961 | $53.8B | – |
| 1960 | $53.8B | – |
| 1959 | $52.7B | – |
| 1958 | $53B | – |
| 1957 | $54.4B | – |
| 1956 | $56.4B | – |
| 1955 | $57.4B | – |
| 1954 | $60.3B | – |
| 1953 | $63.5B | – |
| 1952 | $57.2B | – |
| 1951 | $44.7B | – |
| 1950 | $38B | – |
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.
- 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
United Kingdom vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancyUnited Kingdom: 81.3 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityUnited Kingdom: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityUnited Kingdom: 3.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterUnited Kingdom: 99.8% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionUnited Kingdom: 4.12% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateUnited Kingdom: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationUnited Kingdom: 68.7 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthUnited Kingdom: 0.7% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateUnited Kingdom: 1.56 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationUnited Kingdom: 83.3% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageUnited Kingdom: 39.8 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overUnited Kingdom: 19.2% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateUnited Kingdom: 6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingUnited Kingdom: 2.35% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personUnited Kingdom: $1,283 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingUnited Kingdom: 5.4% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelUnited Kingdom: 153,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerUnited Kingdom: 1.25% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersUnited Kingdom: 0.45% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsUnited Kingdom: 609 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsUnited Kingdom: 702 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018