Vietnam - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current USD)

The latest value for Military expenditure (current USD) in Vietnam was 5,500,000,000 as of 2018. Over the past 31 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 5,500,000,000 in 2018 and 297,716,400 in 1993.

Definition: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another).

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.

See also:

Year Value
1987 1,315,598,000
1988 1,305,815,000
1989 458,562,500
1990 511,970,100
1991 427,617,800
1992 332,970,300
1993 297,716,400
1994 431,345,000
2003 841,930,200
2004 915,089,500
2005 1,026,427,000
2006 1,286,529,000
2007 1,784,217,000
2008 2,137,626,000
2009 2,401,451,000
2010 2,672,286,000
2011 2,686,521,000
2012 3,360,860,000
2013 3,727,249,000
2014 4,255,721,000
2015 4,562,633,000
2016 5,017,402,000
2017 5,073,853,000
2018 5,500,000,000

Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in Vietnam was 55,100,000,000,000 as of 2011. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 55,100,000,000,000 in 2011 and a minimum value of 103,000,000,000 in 1987.

Definition: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.

Year Value
1987 103,000,000,000
1988 792,000,000,000
1989 2,047,000,000,000
1990 3,319,000,000,000
1991 4,292,000,000,000
1992 3,730,000,000,000
1993 3,168,000,000,000
1994 4,730,000,000,000
2003 13,058,000,000,000
2004 14,409,000,000,000
2005 16,278,000,000,000
2006 20,577,000,000,000
2007 28,735,000,000,000
2008 34,848,000,000,000
2009 40,981,000,000,000
2010 49,739,000,000,000
2011 55,100,000,000,000

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in Vietnam was 2.28 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 31 years was 7.91 in 1990, while its lowest value was 1.78 in 2005.

Definition: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.

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Year Value
1987 3.95
1988 7.10
1989 7.29
1990 7.91
1991 5.60
1992 3.37
1993 2.26
1994 2.65
2003 2.13
2004 2.01
2005 1.78
2006 1.94
2007 2.30
2008 2.16
2009 2.27
2010 2.31
2011 1.98
2012 2.16
2013 2.18
2014 2.29
2015 2.36
2016 2.44
2017 2.27
2018 2.28

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in Vietnam was 8.82 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 15 years was 8.82 in 2018, while its lowest value was 6.80 in 2005.

Definition: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.

See also:

Year Value
2003 7.55
2004 7.49
2005 6.80
2006 7.43
2007 8.14
2008 7.94
2009 7.14
2010 7.65
2011 7.33
2012 7.32
2013 7.13
2014 8.01
2015 7.89
2016 8.77
2017 8.38
2018 8.82

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade