Military Spending / Vietnam
Vietnam Military Spending
Vietnam military spending data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 1.81%.
COUNTRY: Vietnam
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-08-31 05:08:12
GM ECONOMY RATING
Vietnam · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
AA
88 / 100
Very strong stability
Fiscal stability
n/a
Macroeconomic stability
18.0 / 20
External stability
15.0 / 15
Financial robustness
12.0 / 15
Structural stability
11.0 / 15
Future capacity
10.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
4.5 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 76% of weighted inputs available.
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Vietnam · military spending data as percent of GDP.
Latest
1.81%
Previous
1.80%
Range avg.
1.84%
Rank
57
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CountryVietnam
IndicatorMilitary Spending
1.81%2018 · Rank 57
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Vietnam recorded 1.81% for Military Spending in 2018, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2017, the indicator increased by 0.00 percentage points, from 1.80% to 1.81%.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (1.84%).
Across the five latest available observations (2014–2018), the pattern is lower overall, but uneven.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 1.56% in 2011 and the high was 2.27% in 2009.
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