Iraq vs Vietnam: Military spending

Iraq

6.46 billion constant 2022 US$

in 2023

Vietnam

6.74 billion constant 2022 US$

in 2020

Iraq rank

43rd

Vietnam rank

40th

Military spending over time

Iraq
Vietnam

How they compare

Vietnam currently reports 6.74 billion constant 2022 US$ against 6.46 billion constant 2022 US$ in Iraq, a difference of 280.48 million constant 2022 US$.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 67 shared years of data; in 1954 it was Iraq ahead.

Iraq ranks 43rd and Vietnam ranks 40th of 172 countries.

Individual pages

Military spending in Iraq
Military spending in Vietnam
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Military spending
Unit: constant 2022 US$
Source: Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 172 places, 15,402 data points, 1816–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

This data is expressed in US dollars. It is adjusted for inflation but does not account for differences in the cost of living between countries.