Vietnam’s coastline is 13 times as long as Israel’s

Israel: 273 km (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,444 km (2026 edition)

Vietnam’s highest peak towers 908 m above Israel’s

Israel: 2,236 m (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,144 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 39% of Vietnam, versus 24% of Israel

Israel: 23.8% (2024) · Vietnam: 39.2% (2024)

Vietnam has 10 times as many people as Israel

Israel: 10.1 million (2025) · Vietnam: 102 million (2025)

Israel is 44% more densely populated than Vietnam

Israel: 468 per km² (2025) · Vietnam: 324 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Vietnam is 3.3 years older than in Israel

Israel: 29.2 years (2023) · Vietnam: 32.4 years (2023)

Women in Israel have 1.0 more children on average than in Vietnam

Israel: 2.87 children per woman (2024) · Vietnam: 1.9 children per woman (2024)

13% of people in Israel are 65 or older, versus 9.5% in Vietnam

Israel: 12.7% (2025) · Vietnam: 9.5% (2025)

Israel hosts 984 times as many refugees per resident as Vietnam

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

Israel has produced 5.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Vietnam 0.1

Israel: 5.9 (2026) · Vietnam: 0.1 (2026)

Israel has 2 official languages, Vietnam 1

Israel: 2 (2026) · Vietnam: 1 (2026)

Israel’s economy is 19% larger than Vietnam’s

Israel: $611 billion (2025) · Vietnam: $515 billion (2025)

Israel produces 3.3 times as much per person as Vietnam

Israel: Int$59,717 (2025) · Vietnam: Int$18,089 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Israel than in Vietnam (Gini 2.2 points higher)

Israel: 38.3 (2022) · Vietnam: 36.1 (2022)

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

Israel: 0.4% (2022) · Vietnam: 1.6% (2022)

Unemployment is 3.5% in Israel, versus 1.5% in Vietnam

Israel: 3.5% (2025) · Vietnam: 1.5% (2025)

Israel spends 7.8% of its GDP on the military, Vietnam 2.2%

Israel: 7.8% (2025) · Vietnam: 2.2% (2025)

Israel: 23.2% (2024) · Vietnam: no data

Israel’s price level (US = 100) is 3.6× Vietnam’s

Israel: 101% (2025) · Vietnam: 28% (2025)

Israel spends 20 times as much on health per person as Vietnam

Israel: $3,928 (2023) · Vietnam: $197 (2023)

A baby in Vietnam is 4.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Israel

Israel: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Vietnam: 12 per 1,000 (2024)

Israel has 3.4 times as many doctors per person as Vietnam

Israel: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023) · Vietnam: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021)

Israel has 25% more hospital beds per person than Vietnam

Israel: 3.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Vietnam: 2.5 per 1,000 (2017)

The suicide rate in Vietnam is 45% higher than in Israel

Israel: 6.9 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 10 per 100k (2023)

23% of adults in Israel are obese, versus 2.5% in Vietnam

Israel: 23.3% (2024) · Vietnam: 2.5% (2024)

Israel and Vietnam are practically level

Israel: 21.2% (2024) · Vietnam: 21.1% (2024)

People in Israel rate their lives 0.76 points higher than in Vietnam

Israel: 7.19 (2025) · Vietnam: 6.43 (2025)

Adults in Vietnam drink 2.6 times as much alcohol as in Israel

Israel: 4.2 litres (2023) · Vietnam: 10.7 litres (2023)

Israel has 80% more meat per person than Vietnam

Israel: 108.7 kg (2023) · Vietnam: 60.5 kg (2023)

Israel has 668 kcal more food per person per day than Vietnam

Israel: 3,754 kcal (2023) · Vietnam: 3,086 kcal (2023)

Workers in Vietnam put in 270 more hours a year than in Israel

Israel: 1,890 hours (2023) · Vietnam: 2,160 hours (2023)

Adults in Israel went to school 4.6 years longer than in Vietnam

Israel: 13.5 years (2023) · Vietnam: 9 years (2023)

Israel welcomed 18% more tourists per resident than Vietnam (2019)

Israel: 0.1 (2024) · Vietnam: 0.08 (2015)

Israel and Vietnam are practically level

Israel: 9 (2026) · Vietnam: 9 (2026)

Israel has won 20 Olympic medals, Vietnam 5

Israel: 20 (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 5 (2026 edition)

88% of people in Israel are online, versus 84% in Vietnam

Israel: 88% (2024) · Vietnam: 84% (2024)

Home internet in Israel is 61% faster than in Vietnam

Israel: 392 Mbps (2026) · Vietnam: 244 Mbps (2026)

Israel and Vietnam are practically level

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

92% of people in Israel live in cities, versus 39% in Vietnam

Israel: 92% (2025) · Vietnam: 39% (2025)

Israel has 177 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Vietnam 128

Israel: 177 (2024) · Vietnam: 128 (2024)

Vietnam’s railway network is 84% longer than Israel’s

Israel: 1,720 km (2021) · Vietnam: 3,159 km (2021)

Airlines from Israel fly 34% more passengers per resident than those from Vietnam

Israel: 0.73 (2023) · Vietnam: 0.54 (2023)

Forest covers 47% of Vietnam, but only 6.8% of Israel

Israel: 6.8% (2024) · Vietnam: 47.1% (2024)

The average person in Israel emits 53% more CO₂ than someone in Vietnam

Israel: 5.6 t (2024) · Vietnam: 3.7 t (2024)

45% of Vietnam’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Israel

Israel: 16.9% (2025) · Vietnam: 45.4% (2025)

The air in Vietnam carries 25% more fine dust than in Israel

Israel: 20.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Vietnam: 25.6 µg/m³ (2024)

Israel: 1.6 per 100k (2022) · Vietnam: no data

Roads in Vietnam are 2.7 times as deadly as in Israel

Israel: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 18.4 per 100k (2023)

Vietnam is on average 3.2 °C warmer than Israel

Israel: 21.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Vietnam gets 10 times as much rain as Israel

Israel: 205 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 2,132 mm (2016–2025 avg)