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Vietnam · data for latest available · data as of 26 October 2026 · printed 27 Oct 2026
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Vietnam

East Asia & Pacific Capital Hanoi Upper middle income Nation age 1,087 years (since 939) i VNM · VN
NationsTree Index 2025 i59.058th of 196 Tree height 2025 i27 msee ranking Military strength i87percentile
Population i101.6 m16th of 217 Area i331,338 km²67th of 216 GDP i$514.70 bn32nd of 210 GDP (PPP) i$1.84 trn intl.23rd of 199 GDP per person (PPP) i$18,088 intl.113th of 199 Life expectancy i74.7 years108th of 217
Index pillars
Foundations · roots i51
Strength · trunk i79
Quality of life · crown i52
Problems (higher = fewer) · dry branches i56
Direction (5-year change) · new shoots i62
CSV

In short

Vietnam is 58th of 196 countries in the NationsTree Index, with a score of 59.0 out of 100; its tree is 27 m tall.

It has 101.6 million people and an economy of $1.84 trn at purchasing power parity, 23rd of 199 in the world.

Its strongest positions: Access to electricity (1st of 215), GDP growth (12th of 210) and Unemployment (11th of 187).

Its weakest positions: Voice & accountability (170th of 205), Air pollution (PM2.5) (139th of 200) and Safely managed drinking water (104th of 150).

Over five years it fell from 57th to 58th in the index.

All data

Data as of 26 October 2026

Latest available value for each indicator, with its year. World rank is among countries with recent data (last 5 years of the series).

Land & people

60
Surface area ikm² 331,338 67th/216
Land area ikm² 313,429 68th/216
Population ipeople 101.6 m 16th/217
Population growth i% 0.60% 129th/217
Population density ipeople/km² 322.2 38th/216
Urban population i% 38.8% 176th/217
Population aged 0–14 i% 22.9% 108th/217
Population aged 65+ i% 9.5% 104th/217

Economy

70
GDP iUSD $514.70 bn 32nd/210
GDP (PPP) iintl. USD $1.84 trn 23rd/199
Real GDP (PPP, constant 2021 prices) iintl. USD 2021 $1.57 trn 23rd/199
GDP per person iUSD $5,066 138th/210
GDP per person (PPP) iintl. USD $18,088 113th/199
GNI per person (Atlas) iUSD $4,970 129th/201
GDP growth i% 8.0% 12th/210
Inflation i% 3.3% 96th/180
Unemployment i% 1.5% 11th/187
General government gross debt i% of GDP 30.5% 36th/189
Government budget balance i% of GDP 0.0% 39th/192

Main industries

67
Agriculture, forestry, fishing i% of GDP 11.6% 63rd/197
Industry incl. construction i% of GDP 37.6% 21st/200
Manufacturing i% of GDP 24.5% 10th/192
Services i% of GDP 42.7% 175th/200

Trade

75
Exports of goods & services iUSD $505.66 bn 21st/182
Imports of goods & services iUSD $474.00 bn 21st/182
Exports i% of GDP 98.2% 9th/183
Imports i% of GDP 92.1% 15th/183
Trade openness i% of GDP 190.3% 10th/183
Fuel exports i% of merchandise exports 1.0% 120th/170
Manufactures exports i% of merchandise exports 85.0% 12th/171
Food exports i% of merchandise exports 9.4% 117th/171
Ores & metals exports i% of merchandise exports 1.1% 133rd/171
High-tech exports i% of manufactured exports 44.3% 10th/168
Current account balance i% of GDP 6.7% 26th/191
Foreign direct investment, inflows i% of GDP 4.3% 50th/196

Natural resources

72
Natural resource rents i% of GDP 2.5% 90th/209
Oil rents i% of GDP 0.67% 50th/197
Natural gas rents i% of GDP 0.33% 45th/197
Coal rents i% of GDP 0.38% 16th/195
Mineral rents i% of GDP 0.10% 69th/209
Forest rents i% of GDP 1.07% 53rd/209
Arable land i% of land area 21.5% 52nd/206
Renewable freshwater per person im³ 3,606 75th/183

Tourism

55
International tourist arrivals iarrivals 3.8 m 47th/194
Tourism receipts iUSD $3.23 bn 39th/175
Tourism receipts i% of exports 1.1% 151st/168

Society & health

52
Life expectancy iyears 74.7 108th/217
Under-5 mortality iper 1,000 births 17.3 113th/196
Physicians iper 1,000 people 1.11 103rd/174
Hospital beds iper 1,000 people 2.52017
DPT immunization i% of children 12–23 months 97% 29th/193
Completed lower secondary, 25+ i% of adults 66.0% 89th/153
Secondary enrolment i% gross 93.4% 86th/173
Social protection coverage (incl. pensions) i% of population 89.4% 4th/55
Old-age dependency ratio i% of working-age population 14.0% 103rd/217
Health spending i% of GDP 4.6% 135th/193
Adult literacy i% 96.1% 32nd/98
Tertiary enrolment i% gross 37.6% 99th/150
Human Development Index iindex 0–1 0.766 93rd/193
Income inequality (Gini) iindex 36.1 67th/108
Extreme poverty i% of population 1.6% 57th/108

Infrastructure & digital

63
Access to electricity i% of population 100.0% 1st/215
Safely managed drinking water i% of population 58.6% 104th/150
Safely managed sanitation i% of population 45.4% 90th/144
Internet users i% of population 84.2% 85th/186
Mobile subscriptions iper 100 people 128 64th/210
Fixed broadband iper 100 people 23.7 80th/208
Trade & transport infrastructure quality (LPI) iscore 1–5 3.20 46th/164
Rail lines iroute-km 3,159 39th/82
Air passengers carried ipassengers 55.1 m 20th/161

Environment & energy

46
CO₂ emissions per person it CO₂e 4.27 140th/203
Renewable energy i% of final energy use 24.2% 94th/212
Air pollution (PM2.5) iµg/m³ 24.8 139th/200
Forest area i% of land area 47.1% 64th/214
Energy use per person ikg oil eq. 1,188 86th/149

Institutions & safety

45
Government effectiveness iscore 0–100 56.0 93rd/205
Control of corruption iscore 0–100 45.9 96th/207
Rule of law iscore 0–100 55.7 110th/207
Political stability iscore 0–100 67.7 106th/207
Regulatory quality iscore 0–100 53.1 106th/205
Voice & accountability iscore 0–100 34.5 170th/205
Homicide rate iper 100,000 1.52011

Military

76
Military expenditure iUSD $10.49 bn 32nd/156
Military expenditure i% of GDP 2.2% 53rd/156
Military expenditure i% of government spending 9.9% 31st/154
Armed forces personnel ipeople 522,000 12th/170
Armed forces personnel i% of labour force 0.95% 72nd/168
Arms imports (SIPRI TIV) iTIV 177.0 m 40th/163
Arms exports (SIPRI TIV) iTIV 10.0 m2018

Science & innovation

67
R&D spending i% of GDP 0.41% 65th/110
Patent applications by residents iapplications 1,226 26th/137
Scientific articles iarticles 10,644 42nd/197

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Sources

Figures on this page come from: World Bank — World Development Indicators, International Monetary Fund — World Economic Outlook (DataMapper), Global Change Data Lab (Our World in Data) — Our World in Data, World Bank — Worldwide Governance Indicators . Nation age: Ngô dynasty, lasting independence of the Vietnamese state (source). Every value is stored with its year and source series; see Sources & licences and Methodology.

Cite as: NationsTree (2026). Vietnam — country profile. https://nationstree.org/countries/vietnam. Data as of 26 October 2026.

All figures come from official statistics published by public institutions (World Bank WDI and WGI, compiling UN agencies, IMF, WHO and national statistical offices). Each value carries its year; ranks are positions among countries with data.
Cite as: NationsTree (2026). Vietnam — country profile. https://nationstree.org/countries/vietnam. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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