United Arab Emirates vs Vietnam
United Arab Emirates vs Vietnam: Internet users
Internet users in 2024: 100% in United Arab Emirates and 84.2% in Vietnam, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 15.8 percentage points, or 1.19 times that in Vietnam.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- United Arab Emirates has been higher since 1996.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | United Arab Emirates | Vietnam | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 100 | 84.2 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 100 | 78.1 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 100 | 78.6 | 67 |
| 2021 | 100 | 74.2 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 100 | 70.3 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 99.2 | 68.7 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 98.5 | 69.9 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 94.8 | 58.1 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 90.6 | 53 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 90.5 | 45 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 90.4 | 41 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 88 | 38.5 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 85 | 36.8 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 78 | 35.1 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 68 | 30.7 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 64 | 26.6 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 63 | 23.9 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 61 | 20.8 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 52 | 17.3 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 40 | 12.7 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 30.1 | 7.6 | – |
| 2003 | 29.5 | 3.8 | – |
| 2002 | 28.3 | 1.9 | – |
| 2001 | 26.3 | 1.3 | – |
| 2000 | 23.6 | 0.3 | – |
| 1999 | 14.9 | 0.1 | – |
| 1998 | 6.9 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3.3 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0.4 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0.1 | – | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 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
United Arab Emirates vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancyUnited Arab Emirates: 82.9 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityUnited Arab Emirates: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityUnited Arab Emirates: 4.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionUnited Arab Emirates: 2.88% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateUnited Arab Emirates: 5.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationUnited Arab Emirates: 10.6 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthUnited Arab Emirates: 3.7% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateUnited Arab Emirates: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationUnited Arab Emirates: 86% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageUnited Arab Emirates: 31.2 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overUnited Arab Emirates: 1.7% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateUnited Arab Emirates: 28.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personUnited Arab Emirates: $41,610 in 2024Vietnam: $4,308 in 2025
- GDP growthUnited Arab Emirates: 6.2% a year in 2025Vietnam: 8% a year in 2025
- InflationUnited Arab Emirates: 1.3% a year in 2025Vietnam: 3.3% a year in 2025
- Government debtUnited Arab Emirates: 33.9% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 30.5% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingUnited Arab Emirates: 5.64% of GDP in 2014Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsUnited Arab Emirates: $27.8B in 2014Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personUnited Arab Emirates: $2,840 in 2014Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingUnited Arab Emirates: 17% of government spending in 2014Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelUnited Arab Emirates: 63,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerUnited Arab Emirates: 0.47% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersUnited Arab Emirates: 1.02% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsUnited Arab Emirates: 868 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsUnited Arab Emirates: 33 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018