Brazil’s coastline is 2.2 times as long as Vietnam’s

Brazil: 7,491 km (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,444 km (2026 edition)

Vietnam’s highest peak towers 150 m above Brazil’s

Brazil: 2,994 m (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,144 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 39% of Vietnam, versus 28% of Brazil

Brazil: 28.4% (2024) · Vietnam: 39.2% (2024)

Brazil has 2.1 times as many people as Vietnam

Brazil: 213 million (2025) · Vietnam: 102 million (2025)

Vietnam is 13 times as densely populated as Brazil

Brazil: 25 per km² (2025) · Vietnam: 324 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Brazil is 1.5 years older than in Vietnam

Brazil: 33.9 years (2023) · Vietnam: 32.4 years (2023)

Women in Vietnam have 0.3 more children on average than in Brazil

Brazil: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · Vietnam: 1.9 children per woman (2024)

11% of people in Brazil are 65 or older, versus 9.5% in Vietnam

Brazil: 11.5% (2025) · Vietnam: 9.5% (2025)

Brazil hosts 10,245 times as many refugees per resident as Vietnam

Brazil: 1.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Vietnam: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

Vietnam has produced 0.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Brazil 0.0

Brazil: 0.047 (2026) · Vietnam: 0.1 (2026)

Brazil and Vietnam are practically level

Brazil: 1 (2026) · Vietnam: 1 (2026)

Brazil’s economy is 4.4 times the size of Vietnam’s

Brazil: $2.28 trillion (2025) · Vietnam: $515 billion (2025)

Brazil produces 30% more per person than Vietnam

Brazil: Int$23,433 (2025) · Vietnam: Int$18,089 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Brazil than in Vietnam (Gini 14.2 points higher)

Brazil: 50.3 (2024) · Vietnam: 36.1 (2022)

3.0% of people in Brazil live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.6% in Vietnam

Brazil: 3% (2024) · Vietnam: 1.6% (2022)

Unemployment is 6.0% in Brazil, versus 1.5% in Vietnam

Brazil: 6% (2025) · Vietnam: 1.5% (2025)

Vietnam spends 2.2% of its GDP on the military, Brazil 1.1%

Brazil: 1.1% (2025) · Vietnam: 2.2% (2025)

Brazil: 15.4% (2024) · Vietnam: no data

Brazil’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Vietnam’s

Brazil: 46% (2025) · Vietnam: 28% (2025)

Brazil spends 5.1 times as much on health per person as Vietnam

Brazil: $1,010 (2023) · Vietnam: $197 (2023)

A baby in Brazil is 3% more likely to die before turning one than in Vietnam

Brazil: 12.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Vietnam: 12 per 1,000 (2024)

Brazil has 2.1 times as many doctors per person as Vietnam

Brazil: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Vietnam: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021)

Brazil and Vietnam are nearly identical here

Brazil: 2.5 per 1,000 (2021) · Vietnam: 2.5 per 1,000 (2017)

The suicide rate in Vietnam is 14% higher than in Brazil

Brazil: 8.8 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 10 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Brazil are obese, versus 2.5% in Vietnam

Brazil: 30.9% (2024) · Vietnam: 2.5% (2024)

21% of adults in Vietnam smoke, versus 12% in Brazil

Brazil: 11.9% (2024) · Vietnam: 21.1% (2024)

People in Brazil rate their lives 0.21 points higher than in Vietnam

Brazil: 6.63 (2025) · Vietnam: 6.43 (2025)

Adults in Vietnam drink 3% more alcohol than in Brazil

Brazil: 10.4 litres (2023) · Vietnam: 10.7 litres (2023)

Brazil has 73% more meat per person than Vietnam

Brazil: 104.6 kg (2023) · Vietnam: 60.5 kg (2023)

Brazil has 337 kcal more food per person per day than Vietnam

Brazil: 3,423 kcal (2023) · Vietnam: 3,086 kcal (2023)

Workers in Vietnam put in 167 more hours a year than in Brazil

Brazil: 1,994 hours (2023) · Vietnam: 2,160 hours (2023)

Adults in Vietnam went to school 0.55 years longer than in Brazil

Brazil: 8.4 years (2023) · Vietnam: 9 years (2023)

Vietnam welcomed 2.5 times as many tourists per resident as Brazil (2019)

Brazil: 0.03 (2024) · Vietnam: 0.08 (2015)

Brazil has 17 more World Heritage sites than Vietnam (26 against 9)

Brazil: 26 (2026) · Vietnam: 9 (2026)

Brazil has won 171 Olympic medals, Vietnam 5

Brazil: 171 (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 5 (2026 edition)

Brazil and Vietnam are practically level

Brazil: 84% (2024) · Vietnam: 84% (2024)

Home internet in Brazil is 20% faster than in Vietnam

Brazil: 293 Mbps (2026) · Vietnam: 244 Mbps (2026)

Vietnam and Brazil are practically level

Brazil: 99.8% (2024) · Vietnam: 100% (2024)

88% of people in Brazil live in cities, versus 39% in Vietnam

Brazil: 88% (2025) · Vietnam: 39% (2025)

Vietnam has 128 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Brazil 102

Brazil: 102 (2024) · Vietnam: 128 (2024)

Brazil’s railway network is 9.4 times as long as Vietnam’s

Brazil: 29,850 km (2014) · Vietnam: 3,159 km (2021)

Airlines from Vietnam fly 21% more passengers per resident than those from Brazil

Brazil: 0.45 (2023) · Vietnam: 0.54 (2023)

Forest covers 59% of Brazil, but only 47% of Vietnam

Brazil: 58.5% (2024) · Vietnam: 47.1% (2024)

The average person in Vietnam emits 61% more CO₂ than someone in Brazil

Brazil: 2.3 t (2024) · Vietnam: 3.7 t (2024)

87% of Brazil’s electricity is renewable, versus 45% in Vietnam

Brazil: 86.6% (2025) · Vietnam: 45.4% (2025)

The air in Vietnam carries 67% more fine dust than in Brazil

Brazil: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Vietnam: 25.6 µg/m³ (2024)

Brazil: 19.3 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: no data

Roads in Brazil are 41% deadlier than in Vietnam

Brazil: 25.9 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 18.4 per 100k (2023)

Brazil is on average 0.9 °C warmer than Vietnam

Brazil: 25.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Vietnam gets 28% more rain than Brazil

Brazil: 1,661 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 2,132 mm (2016–2025 avg)