United Kingdom vs Vietnam
United Kingdom vs Vietnam: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $1,283 in United Kingdom and $104 in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by $1,180, or 12 times that in Vietnam.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- United Kingdom has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, United Kingdom ranked 15 and Vietnam ranked 76 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | United Kingdom | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,283 | $104 |
| 2024 | $1,303 | $85 |
| 2023 | $1,075 | $80 |
| 2022 | $943 | $71 |
| 2021 | $966 | $76 |
| 2020 | $867 | $73 |
| 2019 | $845 | $75 |
| 2018 | $839 | $72 |
| 2017 | $787 | $68 |
| 2016 | $812 | $68 |
| 2015 | $921 | $66 |
| 2014 | $1,037 | $62 |
| 2013 | $995 | $61 |
| 2012 | $1,027 | $53 |
| 2011 | $1,052 | $34 |
| 2010 | $1,020 | $31 |
| 2009 | $1,028 | $34 |
| 2008 | $1,180 | $24 |
| 2007 | $1,199 | $22 |
| 2006 | $1,056 | $16 |
| 2005 | $1,021 | $13 |
| 2004 | $1,005 | $11 |
| 2003 | $877 | $11 |
| 2002 | $745 | – |
| 2001 | $668 | – |
| 2000 | $667 | – |
| 1999 | $694 | – |
| 1998 | $704 | – |
| 1997 | $683 | – |
| 1996 | $662 | – |
| 1995 | $659 | – |
| 1994 | $666 | $6 |
| 1993 | $659 | $4 |
| 1992 | $791 | $5 |
| 1991 | $819 | $6 |
| 1990 | $760 | $8 |
| 1989 | $656 | $7 |
| 1988 | $674 | $21 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 in US dollarsUnited Kingdom: $88B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B 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