Italy vs Vietnam
Italy vs Vietnam: Learning-adjusted schooling
Learning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 10.5 years in Italy and 10.7 years in Vietnam, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 0.2 years, or 1.02 times that in Italy.
years · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Vietnam has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Italy.
Every year
years · World Bank
| Year | Italy | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 10.5 | 10.7 |
| 2018 | 10.9 | 10.6 |
| 2017 | 11.2 | 10.2 |
| 2010 | 10.9 | 10.1 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The years of school a child can expect by 18, cut to what students actually learn: the World Bank’s learning-adjusted years of school.
- Source: World Bank Human Capital Index, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 174 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Italy vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancyItaly: 83.7 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityItaly: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityItaly: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterItaly: 92.7% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionItaly: 3.46% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateItaly: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationItaly: 59.5 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthItaly: -0.22% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateItaly: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationItaly: 69.7% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageItaly: 47.5 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overItaly: 24.2% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateItaly: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingItaly: 1.89% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsItaly: $45.4B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personItaly: $813 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingItaly: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelItaly: 338,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerItaly: 0.96% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersItaly: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsItaly: 566 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsItaly: 1.92 billion TIV in 2025Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018