South Korea vs Vietnam
South Korea vs Vietnam: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 64.4% in South Korea and 47.1% in Vietnam, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in South Korea, by 17.3 percentage points, or 1.37 times that in Vietnam.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- South Korea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, South Korea ranked 23 and Vietnam ranked 64 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | South Korea | Vietnam | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 64.4 | 47.1 | – |
| 2023 | 64.4 | 47 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 64.5 | 47 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 64.5 | 46.9 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 64.5 | 46.8 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 64.6 | 46.4 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 64.7 | 46 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 64.8 | 45.7 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 64.9 | 45.3 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 65 | 44.9 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 65.1 | 44.4 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 65.3 | 44.1 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 65.4 | 43.6 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 65.6 | 43.2 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 65.7 | 42.7 | 32 |
| 2009 | 65.9 | 42.3 | 32 |
| 2008 | 66 | 41.8 | 32 |
| 2007 | 66.2 | 41.3 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 66.3 | 40.8 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 66.4 | 40.2 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 66.5 | 40.1 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 66.6 | 39.6 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 66.7 | 39 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 66.9 | 38.4 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 67.1 | 37.9 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 67.2 | 35.5 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 67.3 | 34.7 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 67.4 | 34 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 67.5 | 33.2 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 67.5 | 32.5 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 67.6 | 31.8 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 67.7 | 31 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 67.8 | 30.3 | 33 |
| 1991 | 67.8 | 29.6 | – |
| 1990 | 67.9 | 28.8 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
South Korea vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancySouth Korea: 84.3 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySouth Korea: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySouth Korea: 2.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSouth Korea: 99.3% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionSouth Korea: 3.17% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateSouth Korea: 20.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSouth Korea: 51.8 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthSouth Korea: -0.04% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSouth Korea: 0.72 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSouth Korea: 81.2% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageSouth Korea: 44.5 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSouth Korea: 18.3% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateSouth Korea: 1.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSouth Korea: 2.6% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSouth Korea: $48.9B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personSouth Korea: $924 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSouth Korea: 10.8% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSouth Korea: 569,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerSouth Korea: 2% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSouth Korea: 2.01% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSouth Korea: 222 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSouth Korea: 2.02 billion TIV in 2025Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018