MilitaryCompare / Indonesia vs Vietnam
Indonesia vs Vietnam
Indonesia ranks #17 and Vietnam ranks #24 in the 2026 Military Atlas Index. Indonesia spends $15.0B on defense with 434K active personnel; Vietnam spends $10.5B with 450K.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| #17 | Global Rank | #24 |
| $15.0B | Defense Budget | $10.5B |
| 1.0% | Budget % of GDP | 2.2% |
| $1.45T | GDP | $515B |
| 285.72M | Population | 101.60M |
| Personnel | ||
| 434K | Active Personnel | 450K |
| 400K | Reserve Personnel | 5.00M |
| 64K | Paramilitary | 40K |
| Air | ||
| 546 | Military Aircraft | — |
| 115 | Combat Aircraft | — |
| 95 | Fighter Jets | — |
| 0 | 5th Gen Fighters | — |
| 0 | Bombers | — |
| 276 | Helicopters | — |
| 60 | Attack Helicopters | — |
| 16 | Military Drones (UAV) | — |
| Land | ||
| 331 | Main Battle Tanks | 1,769 |
| 50 | Infantry Fighting Vehicles | 300 |
| 869 | Armoured Personnel Carriers | 1,380 |
| 612 | Artillery Systems | 2,950 |
| Naval | ||
| 4 | Submarines | 6 |
| 0 | Nuclear Submarines | 0 |
| 1 | Aircraft Carriers | 0 |
| 0 | Helicopter / Amphibious Carriers | 0 |
| Strategic | ||
| 0 | Nuclear Warheads | 0 |
Vietnam leads in 7 of the 11 measured categories, Indonesia in 4. Numbers alone do not decide a war: training, logistics, geography, alliances and nuclear deterrence matter too. A dash means the source publishes no figure.
Sources: CSIS Missile Threat, Federation of American Scientists, IISS Military Balance, Military Atlas Index, SIPRI, Wikipedia, Wikipedia / FlightGlobal, World Bank.