Sweden vs Vietnam
Sweden vs Vietnam: Internet users
Internet users: 95.8% in Sweden in 2025 and 84.2% in Vietnam in 2024, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Sweden, by 11.4 percentage points, or 1.14 times that in Vietnam.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Sweden has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Sweden ranked 25 and Vietnam ranked 82 of 182 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Sweden | Vietnam | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 95.8 | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 95.5 | 84.2 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 95.7 | 78.1 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 95 | 78.6 | 67 |
| 2021 | 94.7 | 74.2 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 94.5 | 70.3 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 94.5 | 68.7 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 89.3 | 69.9 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 93 | 58.1 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 89.7 | 53 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 90.6 | 45 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 92.5 | 41 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 94.8 | 38.5 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 93.2 | 36.8 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 92.8 | 35.1 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 90 | 30.7 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 91 | 26.6 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 90 | 23.9 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 82 | 20.8 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 87.8 | 17.3 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 84.8 | 12.7 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 83.9 | 7.6 | – |
| 2003 | 79.1 | 3.8 | – |
| 2002 | 70.6 | 1.9 | – |
| 2001 | 51.8 | 1.3 | – |
| 2000 | 45.7 | 0.3 | – |
| 1999 | 41.4 | 0.1 | – |
| 1998 | 33.5 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 23.7 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5.1 | – | – |
| 1994 | 3.4 | – | – |
| 1993 | 1.7 | – | – |
| 1992 | 1.5 | – | – |
| 1991 | 1.2 | – | – |
| 1990 | 0.6 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 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
Sweden vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancySweden: 83.3 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSweden: 99.7% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionSweden: 4.49% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateSweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSweden: 10.6 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthSweden: 0.56% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSweden: 89.1% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageSweden: 39.9 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSweden: 20.5% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateSweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSweden: $15B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personSweden: $1,549 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSweden: 5% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSweden: 15,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerSweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSweden: 146 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSweden: 235 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018