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Mortality in Viet Nam, by the numbers

Viet Nam sits in East Asia & Pacific. A newborn there can expect about 74.7 years of life, 107th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Viet Nam, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
74.7 yrs
107th of 212
Adult obesity
1.7 %
4th lowest of 143
Life-expectancy gap (F−M)
9.3 yrs
6th highest of 212

17 measures · sources: World Bank Open Data and WHO Global Health Observatory (Global Health Estimates 2021) · latest available year per figure

How Viet Nam ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 74.7 yrs 107 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 7.1 /1,000 122 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 6.6 /1,000 131 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 19.6 yrs 62 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 106 /1,000 29 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 9.3 yrs 6 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 64.1 men/100 women 26 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 12.0 /1,000 101 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 48.0 /100k 93 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 20.1 % 80 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 7.3 /100k 92 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 30.6 /100k 20 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 1.7 % 140 of 143 2015
Recorded alcohol per adult 8.0 L 47 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 9.0 % 101 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $197 129 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $4,717 139 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Viet Nam's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 4th lowest adult obesity in the world (1.7 %) and the 6th highest life-expectancy gap in the world (9.3 yrs). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Viet Nam; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.