Vietnam's life expectancy rose from 70.9 yrs in 1995 to 74.7 yrs in 2024.
Vietnam · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Vietnam's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 63.7 yrs in 2000 to 65.4 yrs in 2021.
Vietnam's infant mortality fell from 28.8 ‰ in 1995 to 12.0 ‰ in 2024.
Vietnam's under-5 mortality rate fell from 39.4 ‰ in 1995 to 17.3 ‰ in 2024.
Vietnam's maternal mortality ratio fell from 130.0 /100k in 1994 to 48.0 /100k in 2023.
Vietnam's ncd mortality was 20.1 % in 2000 and 20.1 % in 2021.
Vietnam's suicide mortality rate rose from 5.8 /100k in 2000 to 7.3 /100k in 2021.
Vietnam's mortality caused by road traffic injury rose from 24.1 /100k in 2000 to 30.6 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingup +0.0 pts134th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +4.8 %127th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)down −0.4 pts135th of 192
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- Physiciansup +29.3 %85th of 127*
- Nurses and midwivesup +1.4 %109th of 145*
- Hospital bedsup +2.0 %71st of 139*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +16.0 pts20th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +32.0 pts29th of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts68th of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −1.6 %170th of 208
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- Safe drinking waterup +0.5 pts103rd of 148
- Safe sanitationup +1.0 pts89th of 141