International Rankings of Vietnam 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Vietnam, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Vietnam, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	85	14.70	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	16	14.802 million	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	89	70.35 %	2018
Internet users - total	12	68.268 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	161	3.63	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	39	3.658 million	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	46	135.32	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	13	136.230 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	45	69.370 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	49	54.590 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	88	6.70 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	22	12.478 billion US Dollars	2019
Debt - external	59	96.580 billion US Dollars	2017
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	50	62	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	53	70	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	68	85	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	78	71	2020
Exports	32	248.953 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	46	259.957 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	9	100.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	129	6.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	79	66.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	176	101.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	53	24.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	30	2.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	59	15.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	46	33.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	133	51.30 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	73	36 %	2018
Gross national saving	67	23	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	76	26.80 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	24	2.70 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	26	266.066 billion US Dollars	2019
Industrial production growth rate	21	8.00 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	59	2.70 %	2019
Labor force	12	54.659 million US Dollars	2019
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	43	40 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	34	26 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	135	34 %	2017
Population below poverty line	142	7 %	2018
Public debt	67	58.50 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	30	775.669 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	17	6.80 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	146	8041 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	40	49.500 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	97	24.80 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	140	3.11 %	2018
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	30	235.300 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	26	324600	2015
Crude oil - production	34	242000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	25	4.400 billion	2018
Electricity - consumption	26	143.200 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	62	713.000 million kWh	2017
Electricity - from fossil fuels	42	56	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	31	43	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	40	1	2017
Electricity - imports	52	2.733 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	26	40.770 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	25	158.200 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	53	8.098 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	45	8.098 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	27	699.400 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	36	438000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	67	25620 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	26	282800 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	58	153800 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	28	193 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	13	110 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	56	30 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	103	35	2018
Land use - arable land	48	21	2018
Land use - forest	55	45	2018
Land use - other	116	20	2018
Land use - permanent crops	21	12	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	147	2	2018
Revenue from forest resources	41	1 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	15	884.120 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	7	77.750 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	30	3.074 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	44	1.206 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	49	2.70	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	146	38	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	30	9.570 million tons	2011
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	23	2.201 million tons	2014
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	33	23.00 %	2014
Geography
Area - land	68	310070 sq km	N/A
Area - total	67	331210 sq km	N/A
Area - water	27	21140 sq km	N/A
Coastline	36	3444 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	43	3144 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	87	398 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	13	46000 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	40	4616 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	103	35	2018
Land use - arable land	48	21	2018
Land use - forest	55	45	2018
Land use - other	116	20	2018
Land use - permanent crops	21	12	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	147	2	2018
Total renewable water resources	15	884.120 billion	2017
Population Density	38	331.50 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	28	2 % of GDP	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	103	15.22	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	20	45.70	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	99	9.55	N/A
Birth rate	99	16.04 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	14	76.50 %	1819
Current Health Expenditure	52	6 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	146	5.78 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	78	11.40 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	76	8.80 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	130	45.10 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	104	33.60 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	12	99 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	75	7 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	67	5 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	58	1 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	37	4 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	35	0.30	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	22	3800	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	22	250000	2020
Hospital bed density	43	2.60 beds/1,000 population	2014
Infant mortality rate - female	93	14.71 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	109	15.42 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	99	15.09 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	97	78 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	100	73 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	105	75 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	85	43.00	2017
Median age - female	80	33 years	2020
Median age - male	75	31 years	N/A
Median age - total	75	32 years	N/A
Net migration rate	85	0.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	143	2.10 %	2016
Physicians density	109	0.83 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	16	102.790 million	2021
Population growth rate	85	1.00 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	26	97 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	76	18 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	63	13 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	81	3 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	6	1.11 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	15	1.09	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	22	1.03	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	34	0.88	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	45	0.66 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	5	1.09 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	16	1.01 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	81	2.06 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	108	9	2020
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	110	7	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	116	8	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	49	2.70	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	146	38	2021
Transportation
Airports	81	45	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	31	13	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	33	6	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	35	9	2013
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	17	10	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	44	38	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	55	3	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	89	7	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	64	3	2013
Heliports	25	1	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	38	481.370 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	22	47.050 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	28	224.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	23	5	2020
Railways - total	56	2600 km	2014
Roadways - paved	18	148338 km	2013
Roadways - total	26	195468 km	2013
Waterways	4	47130 km	N/A

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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