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Vietnam

At a glance

  • Vietnam has a population of about 101.6M; its total GDP of $514.7B ranks #31 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 337,184 km² is about 1.8× the world median of 190,157 km².
  • CO₂ emissions (total) stands out most against the median: 431 Mt — rank #16 of 165 countries with data.

Vietnam: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 101.6M (2025) #16 / 169 median 11.5M · 8.8×
Population growth 0.6% (2025) #112 / 169 median 1.1% · 55%
Urban population share 38.8% (2025) #138 / 169 median 63.8% · 61%
Population aged 65+ 9.5% (2025) #70 / 169 median 7.4% · 1.3×
Fertility rate 1.9 (2024) #93 / 169 median 2.1 · 90%
Birth rate 13.4‰ (2024) #96 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 84%
Death rate 6.6‰ (2024) #100 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 93%
Net migration -48.2K (2025) #147 / 169 N/A
Surface area 337,184 km² #69 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 1.8×
Population density derived 301/km² (2025) #17 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 4.1×
Economy
GDP (total) $514.7B (2025) #31 / 168 median $80.7B · 6.4×
GDP per capita $5,066 (2025) #97 / 168 median $6,834 · 74%
GNI per capita $4,970 (2025) #97 / 168 median $6,350 · 78%
GDP growth (annual) 8.0% (2025) #11 / 168 median 3.1% · 2.6×
Inflation rate 3.3% (2025) #81 / 162 median 3.3% · 1.0×
Unemployment rate 1.5% (2025) #159 / 168 median 5.1% · 30%
Gini index 36.1 (2022) #69 / 153 median 35.3 · 1.0×
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 1.6% (2022) #87 / 153 median 2.5% · 64%
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 98.2% (2025) #5 / 163 median 35.0% · 2.8×
Imports share of GDP 92.1% (2025) #8 / 163 median 40.2% · 2.3×
Agriculture share of GDP 11.6% (2025) #58 / 168 median 7.2% · 1.6×
Manufacturing share of GDP 24.5% (2025) #8 / 165 median 11.2% · 2.2×
International tourist arrivals 3.8M (2020) #44 / 162 median 1.1M · 3.4×
Tourism receipts $3.2B (2020) #41 / 165 median $705M · 4.6×
Health & education
Life expectancy 74.7 years (2024) #76 / 169 median 73.8 years · 1.0×
Infant mortality 12.0‰ (2024) #91 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 92%
Under-five mortality 17.3‰ (2024) #76 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 1.1×
DPT immunization 97.0% (2024) #35 / 166 median 90.5% · 1.1×
Hospital beds 2.5 per 1,000 (2017) #67 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 1.2×
Health spending share of GDP 4.6% (2023) #113 / 165 median 6.5% · 70%
Secondary school enrollment 93.4% (2022) #71 / 167 median 90.5% · 1.0×
Education spending share of GDP 2.9% (2022) #127 / 165 median 4.1% · 70%
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.766 (2023) #77 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.0×
Internet users 84.2% (2024) #73 / 169 median 81.5% · 1.0×
Mobile subscriptions 127.6 per 100 (2024) #50 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 1.1×
Fixed broadband 23.7 per 100 (2024) #59 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 2.0×
Electricity access 100.0% (2024) #83 / 169 median 99.9% · 1.0×
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 4.3 t (2024) #55 / 165 median 2.6 t · 1.6×
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 431 Mt (2024) #16 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 20×
Renewable electricity share 41.2% (2021) #69 / 169 median 34.1% · 1.2×
Renewable energy consumption 24.2% (2021) #90 / 169 median 26.9% · 90%
Forest area 47.4% (2023) #43 / 169 median 32.4% · 1.5×
Agricultural land 39.2% (2023) #89 / 169 median 41.7% · 94%
Arable land 21.5% (2023) #46 / 168 median 11.0% · 1.9×
PM2.5 exposure 24.8 µg/m³ (2023) #61 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 1.3×
Military spending 1.8% (2018) #79 / 157 median 1.8% · 1.0×

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Vietnam's true-shape outline

Vietnam's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 337,184 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).