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Vietnam - Key Indicators
[Indicators are for year 2019 unless otherwise stated]
Economic Indicators
GDP (PPP current int'l $): 807.8 bn
GDP growth rate: 7.0%
GDP/capita (PPP current int'l $): 8,041
GDP/capita (current US$): 2,715
Unemployment (ILO estimate): 2.0%
Population below poverty line (2017): 8%
Ease of Doing Business ranking: 70th (out
of 190)
Procedures to register a business: 8
Cost of business start-up procedures
(% of GNI per capita): 5.6%
Mobile subscriptions / 100 inhabitants:
141
Internet users as % of population: 69%
Fixed broadband subscriptions /
100 inhabitants: 15.35
Demographic Indicators
Population (2020 est.): 96.42m
Population growth rate (2020 est.): 1.0%
Languages: Vietnamese (official), English
(increasingly favoured as 2nd language)
Urban population: 35.33m (37% of total)
Vietnam age breakdown (2019)
Percentage
30%
25%
23.21%
23.76%
23.18%
20%
15%
10%
5%
17.99%
8.76%
3.10%
0%
0-14
15-29
30-44
45-59
60-74
75+
Age (range)
Healthcare Indicators
INSEAD
Healthcare expenditure as % of GDP
(2017): 5.5%
Healthcare expenditure per capita
(2017, current US$): 129.58 USD
Human Development Index
ranking: 118th (out of 189)
Life expectancy at birth: 74.4 years
Infant mortality rate: 15.7 deaths/1,000 live
births
Physician density: 0.83 physicians/1,000
population
Hospital bed density: 2.6 beds/1,000
population
Private sector share of hospital beds
(2016): 5.5%
Major causes of death: 1) Stroke, 2) Heart
disease, 3) Lung cancer, 4) COPD (lung
disease), 5) Alzheimer's disease
Sources: CIA Factbook, World Bank
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