Chile’s coastline is 87% longer than Vietnam’s

Chile: 6,435 km (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,444 km (2026 edition)

Chile’s highest peak towers 3,749 m above Vietnam’s

Chile: 6,893 m (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,144 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 39% of Vietnam, versus 14% of Chile

Chile: 14.4% (2024) · Vietnam: 39.2% (2024)

Vietnam has 5.1 times as many people as Chile

Chile: 19.9 million (2025) · Vietnam: 102 million (2025)

Vietnam is 12 times as densely populated as Chile

Chile: 27 per km² (2025) · Vietnam: 324 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Chile is 3.5 years older than in Vietnam

Chile: 36 years (2023) · Vietnam: 32.4 years (2023)

Women in Vietnam have 0.8 more children on average than in Chile

Chile: 1.14 children per woman (2024) · Vietnam: 1.9 children per woman (2024)

15% of people in Chile are 65 or older, versus 9.5% in Vietnam

Chile: 14.6% (2025) · Vietnam: 9.5% (2025)

Chile hosts 1,035 times as many refugees per resident as Vietnam

Chile: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Vietnam: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

Chile has produced 1.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Vietnam 0.1

Chile: 1 (2026) · Vietnam: 0.1 (2026)

Chile and Vietnam are practically level

Chile: 1 (2026) · Vietnam: 1 (2026)

Vietnam’s economy is 44% larger than Chile’s

Chile: $357 billion (2025) · Vietnam: $515 billion (2025)

Chile produces 2.1 times as much per person as Vietnam

Chile: Int$37,774 (2025) · Vietnam: Int$18,089 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Chile than in Vietnam (Gini 6.9 points higher)

Chile: 43 (2024) · Vietnam: 36.1 (2022)

1.6% of people in Vietnam live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Chile

Chile: 0.4% (2024) · Vietnam: 1.6% (2022)

Unemployment is 9.0% in Chile, versus 1.5% in Vietnam

Chile: 9% (2025) · Vietnam: 1.5% (2025)

Vietnam spends 2.2% of its GDP on the military, Chile 1.5%

Chile: 1.5% (2025) · Vietnam: 2.2% (2025)

Chile: 18.3% (2024) · Vietnam: no data

Chile’s price level (US = 100) is 1.7× Vietnam’s

Chile: 48% (2025) · Vietnam: 28% (2025)

Chile spends 8.9 times as much on health per person as Vietnam

Chile: $1,760 (2024) · Vietnam: $197 (2023)

A baby in Vietnam is 2.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Chile

Chile: 5.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Vietnam: 12 per 1,000 (2024)

Chile has 3 times as many doctors per person as Vietnam

Chile: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Vietnam: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021)

Vietnam has 30% more hospital beds per person than Chile

Chile: 1.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Vietnam: 2.5 per 1,000 (2017)

The suicide rate in Vietnam is 10% higher than in Chile

Chile: 9.1 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 10 per 100k (2023)

41% of adults in Chile are obese, versus 2.5% in Vietnam

Chile: 41.1% (2024) · Vietnam: 2.5% (2024)

27% of adults in Chile smoke, versus 21% in Vietnam

Chile: 26.7% (2024) · Vietnam: 21.1% (2024)

People in Vietnam rate their lives 0.13 points higher than in Chile

Chile: 6.30 (2025) · Vietnam: 6.43 (2025)

Adults in Vietnam drink 63% more alcohol than in Chile

Chile: 6.6 litres (2023) · Vietnam: 10.7 litres (2023)

Chile has 63% more meat per person than Vietnam

Chile: 98.5 kg (2023) · Vietnam: 60.5 kg (2023)

Vietnam has 29 kcal more food per person per day than Chile

Chile: 3,057 kcal (2023) · Vietnam: 3,086 kcal (2023)

Workers in Vietnam put in 211 more hours a year than in Chile

Chile: 1,950 hours (2023) · Vietnam: 2,160 hours (2023)

Adults in Chile went to school 2.3 years longer than in Vietnam

Chile: 11.3 years (2023) · Vietnam: 9 years (2023)

Chile welcomed 3.3 times as many tourists per resident as Vietnam (2019)

Chile: 0.27 (2024) · Vietnam: 0.08 (2015)

Vietnam has 2 more World Heritage sites than Chile (9 against 7)

Chile: 7 (2026) · Vietnam: 9 (2026)

Chile has won 15 Olympic medals, Vietnam 5

Chile: 15 (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 5 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Chile are online, versus 84% in Vietnam

Chile: 96% (2024) · Vietnam: 84% (2024)

Home internet in Chile is 73% faster than in Vietnam

Chile: 422 Mbps (2026) · Vietnam: 244 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Vietnam have electricity, versus 99% in Chile

Chile: 99% (2024) · Vietnam: 100% (2024)

89% of people in Chile live in cities, versus 39% in Vietnam

Chile: 89% (2025) · Vietnam: 39% (2025)

Chile has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Vietnam 128

Chile: 133 (2024) · Vietnam: 128 (2024)

Vietnam’s railway network is 32% longer than Chile’s

Chile: 2,396 km (2021) · Vietnam: 3,159 km (2021)

Airlines from Chile fly 2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Vietnam

Chile: 1.07 (2023) · Vietnam: 0.54 (2023)

Forest covers 47% of Vietnam, but only 24% of Chile

Chile: 24.5% (2024) · Vietnam: 47.1% (2024)

The average person in Chile emits 8% more CO₂ than someone in Vietnam

Chile: 4 t (2024) · Vietnam: 3.7 t (2024)

66% of Chile’s electricity is renewable, versus 45% in Vietnam

Chile: 66.4% (2025) · Vietnam: 45.4% (2025)

The air in Vietnam carries 10% more fine dust than in Chile

Chile: 23.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Vietnam: 25.6 µg/m³ (2024)

Chile: 6.3 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: no data

Roads in Vietnam are 13% deadlier than in Chile

Chile: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 18.4 per 100k (2023)

Vietnam is on average 14.9 °C warmer than Chile

Chile: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Vietnam gets 50% more rain than Chile

Chile: 1,425 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 2,132 mm (2016–2025 avg)