Vietnam’s coastline is 44% longer than Germany’s

Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,444 km (2026 edition)

Vietnam’s highest peak towers 181 m above Germany’s

Germany: 2,963 m (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,144 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 47% of Germany, versus 39% of Vietnam

Germany: 47.4% (2024) · Vietnam: 39.2% (2024)

Vietnam has 22% more people than Germany

Germany: 83.5 million (2025) · Vietnam: 102 million (2025)

Vietnam is 36% more densely populated than Germany

Germany: 239 per km² (2025) · Vietnam: 324 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Germany is 13 years older than in Vietnam

Germany: 45.1 years (2023) · Vietnam: 32.4 years (2023)

Women in Vietnam have 0.5 more children on average than in Germany

Germany: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Vietnam: 1.9 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Germany are 65 or older, versus 9.5% in Vietnam

Germany: 23.7% (2025) · Vietnam: 9.5% (2025)

Germany hosts 248,541 times as many refugees per resident as Vietnam

Germany: 31.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Vietnam: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

Germany has produced 10.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Vietnam 0.1

Germany: 10.3 (2026) · Vietnam: 0.1 (2026)

Germany and Vietnam are practically level

Germany: 1 (2026) · Vietnam: 1 (2026)

Germany’s economy is 9.8 times the size of Vietnam’s

Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025) · Vietnam: $515 billion (2025)

Germany produces 4.2 times as much per person as Vietnam

Germany: Int$75,407 (2025) · Vietnam: Int$18,089 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Vietnam than in Germany (Gini 2.4 points higher)

Germany: 33.7 (2022) · Vietnam: 36.1 (2022)

1.6% of people in Vietnam live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.7% in Germany

Germany: 0.7% (2022) · Vietnam: 1.6% (2022)

Unemployment is 3.7% in Germany, versus 1.5% in Vietnam

Germany: 3.7% (2025) · Vietnam: 1.5% (2025)

Germany and Vietnam are practically level

Germany: 2.3% (2025) · Vietnam: 2.2% (2025)

Germany: 10.9% (2024) · Vietnam: no data

Germany’s price level (US = 100) is 2.9× Vietnam’s

Germany: 80% (2025) · Vietnam: 28% (2025)

Germany spends 35 times as much on health per person as Vietnam

Germany: $6,849 (2024) · Vietnam: $197 (2023)

A baby in Vietnam is 3.9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Germany

Germany: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Vietnam: 12 per 1,000 (2024)

Germany has 4.1 times as many doctors per person as Vietnam

Germany: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Vietnam: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021)

Germany has 3 times as many hospital beds per person as Vietnam

Germany: 7.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Vietnam: 2.5 per 1,000 (2017)

Germany and Vietnam are nearly identical here

Germany: 10 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 10 per 100k (2023)

24% of adults in Germany are obese, versus 2.5% in Vietnam

Germany: 24.5% (2024) · Vietnam: 2.5% (2024)

22% of adults in Germany smoke, versus 21% in Vietnam

Germany: 22% (2024) · Vietnam: 21.1% (2024)

People in Germany rate their lives 0.45 points higher than in Vietnam

Germany: 6.88 (2025) · Vietnam: 6.43 (2025)

Adults in Germany drink 2% more alcohol than in Vietnam

Germany: 10.9 litres (2023) · Vietnam: 10.7 litres (2023)

Germany has 17% more meat per person than Vietnam

Germany: 70.7 kg (2023) · Vietnam: 60.5 kg (2023)

Germany has 449 kcal more food per person per day than Vietnam

Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023) · Vietnam: 3,086 kcal (2023)

Workers in Vietnam put in 825 more hours a year than in Germany

Germany: 1,335 hours (2023) · Vietnam: 2,160 hours (2023)

Adults in Germany went to school 5.3 years longer than in Vietnam

Germany: 14.3 years (2023) · Vietnam: 9 years (2023)

Germany welcomed 5.5 times as many tourists per resident as Vietnam (2019)

Germany: 0.45 (2024) · Vietnam: 0.08 (2015)

Germany has 46 more World Heritage sites than Vietnam (55 against 9)

Germany: 55 (2026) · Vietnam: 9 (2026)

Germany has won 980 Olympic medals, Vietnam 5

Germany: 980 (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 5 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Germany are online, versus 84% in Vietnam

Germany: 94% (2024) · Vietnam: 84% (2024)

Home internet in Vietnam is 30% faster than in Germany

Germany: 187 Mbps (2026) · Vietnam: 244 Mbps (2026)

Germany and Vietnam are practically level

Germany: 100% (2024) · Vietnam: 100% (2024)

82% of people in Germany live in cities, versus 39% in Vietnam

Germany: 82% (2025) · Vietnam: 39% (2025)

Germany has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Vietnam 128

Germany: 129 (2024) · Vietnam: 128 (2024)

Germany’s railway network is 11 times as long as Vietnam’s

Germany: 33,401 km (2021) · Vietnam: 3,159 km (2021)

Airlines from Germany fly 77% more passengers per resident than those from Vietnam

Germany: 0.96 (2023) · Vietnam: 0.54 (2023)

Forest covers 47% of Vietnam, but only 33% of Germany

Germany: 32.8% (2024) · Vietnam: 47.1% (2024)

The average person in Germany emits 84% more CO₂ than someone in Vietnam

Germany: 6.8 t (2024) · Vietnam: 3.7 t (2024)

59% of Germany’s electricity is renewable, versus 45% in Vietnam

Germany: 59.1% (2025) · Vietnam: 45.4% (2025)

The air in Vietnam carries 2.8 times as much fine dust as in Germany

Germany: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Vietnam: 25.6 µg/m³ (2024)

Germany: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: no data

Roads in Vietnam are 3.4 times as deadly as in Germany

Germany: 5.4 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 18.4 per 100k (2023)

Vietnam is on average 14.1 °C warmer than Germany

Germany: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Vietnam gets 2.4 times as much rain as Germany

Germany: 871 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 2,132 mm (2016–2025 avg)