United States vs Vietnam
United States vs Vietnam: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $2,755 in United States and $104 in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by $2,652, or 27 times that in Vietnam.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- United States has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, United States ranked 4 and Vietnam ranked 76 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | United States | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,755 | $104 |
| 2024 | $2,917 | $85 |
| 2023 | $2,675 | $80 |
| 2022 | $2,527 | $71 |
| 2021 | $2,373 | $76 |
| 2020 | $2,295 | $73 |
| 2019 | $2,183 | $75 |
| 2018 | $2,045 | $72 |
| 2017 | $1,956 | $68 |
| 2016 | $1,953 | $68 |
| 2015 | $1,952 | $66 |
| 2014 | $2,014 | $62 |
| 2013 | $2,132 | $61 |
| 2012 | $2,298 | $53 |
| 2011 | $2,407 | $34 |
| 2010 | $2,384 | $31 |
| 2009 | $2,303 | $34 |
| 2008 | $2,165 | $24 |
| 2007 | $1,964 | $22 |
| 2006 | $1,879 | $16 |
| 2005 | $1,812 | $13 |
| 2004 | $1,692 | $11 |
| 2003 | $1,527 | $11 |
| 2002 | $1,325 | – |
| 2001 | $1,173 | – |
| 2000 | $1,143 | – |
| 1999 | $1,074 | – |
| 1998 | $1,059 | – |
| 1997 | $1,077 | – |
| 1996 | $1,068 | – |
| 1995 | $1,109 | – |
| 1994 | $1,167 | $6 |
| 1993 | $1,213 | $4 |
| 1992 | $1,260 | $5 |
| 1991 | $1,174 | $6 |
| 1990 | $1,291 | $8 |
| 1989 | $1,290 | $7 |
| 1988 | $1,252 | $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 States vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancyUnited States: 79.3 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityUnited States: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityUnited States: 5.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterUnited States: 97.5% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionUnited States: 4.84% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateUnited States: 12.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationUnited States: 344 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthUnited States: 0.58% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateUnited States: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationUnited States: 80.2% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageUnited States: 38 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overUnited States: 17.4% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateUnited States: 3.9 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingUnited States: 3.12% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsUnited States: $929B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingUnited States: 8.3% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelUnited States: 1.4 million people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerUnited States: 12.36% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersUnited States: 0.84% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsUnited States: 745 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsUnited States: 14 billion TIV in 2025Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018