Vietnam
Military spending in US dollars in Vietnam
Military spending in US dollars in Vietnam: $884M in 1987 and $10.9B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $10.9B
- Since 1987
- +$10B
- Rank, 2025
- 32 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $10.9B in 2025, the lowest $793M in 1993.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Vietnam |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $10.9B |
| 2024 | $8.59B |
| 2023 | $8.12B |
| 2022 | $7.31B |
| 2021 | $7.96B |
| 2020 | $7.73B |
| 2019 | $8.03B |
| 2018 | $7.69B |
| 2017 | $7.32B |
| 2016 | $7.34B |
| 2015 | $7.2B |
| 2014 | $6.51B |
| 2013 | $6.58B |
| 2012 | $5.99B |
| 2011 | $4.11B |
| 2010 | $3.96B |
| 2009 | $4.23B |
| 2008 | $3.06B |
| 2007 | $3.24B |
| 2006 | $2.51B |
| 2005 | $2.13B |
| 2004 | $2.05B |
| 2003 | $2B |
| 1994 | $1.08B |
| 1993 | $793M |
| 1992 | $1.01B |
| 1991 | $1.6B |
| 1990 | $2.25B |
| 1989 | $1.89B |
| 1988 | $1.43B |
| 1987 | $884M |
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.
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- Military spending2.15% of GDP 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