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Military Spending / Vietnam
Public Finance

Vietnam Military Spending

Current and historical military spending data for Vietnam, including latest value (1.81), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Vietnam
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:30:31+02:00
Economy Data Rating
Vietnam · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BBB
71 / 100
Stable economy · limited data
Fiscal stability n/a
Macroeconomic stability 18.8 / 20
External stability 11.8 / 15
Financial robustness 7.2 / 15
Structural stability 0.4 / 10
Future capacity 6.6 / 10
Demographic capacity 4 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 68% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1987–2018 1987– 2018
1987 2018
Selected year: 2018 · Value: n/a 2018

Vietnam · military expenditure as a percentage of gdp.

1987–2018
1.81 percent of GDP
1.8 percent of GDP
1.84 percent of GDP
41 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1987 1991 2003 2007 2011 2015 2018
military spending rate reference line

Countries by military spending

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Ukraine 34.48 high
Israel 8.78 high
Algeria 7.97 high
Saudi Arabia 7.3 high
Russia 7.05 high
Qatar 6.5 medium
United Arab Emirates 5.64 medium
Oman 5.59 medium

Interpretation

short note

This public finance indicator helps assess fiscal capacity, budget pressure and the role of government.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

Production version: show source, timestamp and fallback status here.

Comparison

latest
Japan 1.37
China 1.71
India 2.27
United States 3.42
Germany 1.89

Related indicators

internal links
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Government Revenue GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS
Government Expense GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS
Fiscal Balance GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

Source layer

planned

Production version should display source, timestamp and fallback status here.

Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:30:31+02:00

Vietnam Snapshot

country profile
Population 100.99 m
GDP 476.39 bn
Debt/GDP n/a
Inflation 3.62%
Unemployment 1.52%
Currency n/a
Region Asia
Income group Lower middle income

Vietnam Military Spending: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Military Spending for Vietnam. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: vietnam military spending rate, military spending data vietnam, vietnam military spending statistics, vietnam percent of gdp.