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Israel vs Vietnam
How Israel and Vietnam compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Israel was higher: 82.4 years against 74.6 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Israel was higher: $42,600 against $4,308
- Population · In 2023, Vietnam was higher: 100 million people against 9.26 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Israel was higher: 7.81% of GDP against 2.15% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Israel was higher: 5.77 tonnes against 4.27 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIsrael: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIsrael: 99.5% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateIsrael: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateIsrael: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIsrael: 7.81% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIsrael: $43.7B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIsrael: 17.8% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIsrael: 178,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerIsrael: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIsrael: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIsrael: 537 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIsrael: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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