Vietnam
Military spending in Vietnam
Military spending in Vietnam: 3.95% of GDP in 1987 and 2.15% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 2.15% of GDP
- Since 1987
- −1.8 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 49 of 151
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 7.91% of GDP in 1990, the lowest 1.72% of GDP in 2022.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | 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 | 2.41 |
| 2013 | 2.58 |
| 2012 | 2.42 |
| 2011 | 1.76 |
| 2010 | 1.84 |
| 2009 | 2.73 |
| 2008 | 2.07 |
| 2007 | 2.31 |
| 2006 | 1.94 |
| 2005 | 1.78 |
| 2004 | 2.01 |
| 2003 | 2.13 |
| 1994 | 2.65 |
| 1993 | 2.26 |
| 1992 | 3.38 |
| 1991 | 5.6 |
| 1990 | 7.91 |
| 1989 | 7.29 |
| 1988 | 7.1 |
| 1987 | 3.95 |
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.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending in US dollars$10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per person$104 in 2025
- Military share of state spending9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel522,000 people in 2020
- National power1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports10 million TIV in 2018