Kenya vs Vietnam
Kenya vs Vietnam: Learning-adjusted schooling
Learning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 8.5 years in Kenya and 10.7 years in Vietnam, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 2.2 years, or 1.26 times that in Kenya.
years · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Vietnam has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2017.
- In 2020, Kenya ranked 74 and Vietnam ranked 32 of 174 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
years · World Bank
| Year | Kenya | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 8.5 | 10.7 |
| 2018 | 8.4 | 10.6 |
| 2017 | 7.8 | 10.2 |
| 2010 | – | 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
Kenya vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancyKenya: 63.7 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionKenya: 3.51% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateKenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKenya: 55.3 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthKenya: 1.97% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKenya: 32.2% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageKenya: 19.5 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKenya: 2.9% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateKenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsKenya: $1.36B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personKenya: $26 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelKenya: 24,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerKenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsKenya: 117 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsKenya: 2 million TIV in 1993Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018