Kuwait vs Vietnam: Military spending

Kuwait

7.92 billion constant 2024 US$

in 2025

Vietnam

10.91 billion constant 2024 US$

in 2025

Kuwait rank

37th

Vietnam rank

35th

Military spending over time

Kuwait
Vietnam

How they compare

Vietnam currently reports 10.91 billion constant 2024 US$ against 7.92 billion constant 2024 US$ in Kuwait, a difference of 3.00 billion constant 2024 US$.

That makes Vietnam's figure about 1.4 times Kuwait's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1987 it was Kuwait ahead.

Kuwait ranks 37th and Vietnam ranks 35th of 162 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Military spending
Unit: constant 2024 US$
Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 162 places, 8,341 data points, 1949–2025
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.