The Philippines’ coastline is 11 times as long as Vietnam’s

Philippines: 36,289 km (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,444 km (2026 edition)

Vietnam’s highest peak towers 190 m above the Philippines’

Philippines: 2,954 m (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,144 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 43% of the Philippines, versus 39% of Vietnam

Philippines: 42.7% (2024) · Vietnam: 39.2% (2024)

The Philippines has 15% more people than Vietnam

Philippines: 117 million (2025) · Vietnam: 102 million (2025)

The Philippines is 21% more densely populated than Vietnam

Philippines: 392 per km² (2025) · Vietnam: 324 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Vietnam is 7.1 years older than in the Philippines

Philippines: 25.3 years (2023) · Vietnam: 32.4 years (2023)

Vietnam and the Philippines are practically level

Philippines: 1.89 children per woman (2024) · Vietnam: 1.9 children per woman (2024)

9.5% of people in Vietnam are 65 or older, versus 5.7% in the Philippines

Philippines: 5.7% (2025) · Vietnam: 9.5% (2025)

The Philippines hosts 69 times as many refugees per resident as Vietnam

Philippines: 0.0088 per 1,000 (2025) · Vietnam: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

Vietnam has produced 0.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, the Philippines 0.1

Philippines: 0.1 (2026) · Vietnam: 0.1 (2026)

The Philippines has 2 official languages, Vietnam 1

Philippines: 2 (2026) · Vietnam: 1 (2026)

Vietnam’s economy is 6% larger than the Philippines’

Philippines: $487 billion (2025) · Vietnam: $515 billion (2025)

Vietnam produces 44% more per person than the Philippines

Philippines: Int$12,577 (2025) · Vietnam: Int$18,089 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in the Philippines than in Vietnam (Gini 3.2 points higher)

Philippines: 39.3 (2023) · Vietnam: 36.1 (2022)

5.3% of people in the Philippines live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.6% in Vietnam

Philippines: 5.3% (2023) · Vietnam: 1.6% (2022)

Unemployment is 2.2% in the Philippines, versus 1.5% in Vietnam

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

Vietnam spends 2.2% of its GDP on the military, the Philippines 1.3%

Philippines: 1.3% (2025) · Vietnam: 2.2% (2025)

Philippines: 14.4% (2024) · Vietnam: no data

The Philippines’ price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Vietnam’s

Philippines: 33% (2025) · Vietnam: 28% (2025)

Vietnam spends 2% more on health per person than the Philippines

Philippines: $194 (2023) · Vietnam: $197 (2023)

A baby in the Philippines is 81% more likely to die before turning one than in Vietnam

Philippines: 21.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Vietnam: 12 per 1,000 (2024)

Vietnam has 40% more doctors per person than the Philippines

Philippines: 0.8 per 1,000 (2021) · Vietnam: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021)

Vietnam has 2.6 times as many hospital beds per person as the Philippines

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

The suicide rate in Vietnam is 3.2 times that in the Philippines

Philippines: 3.1 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 10 per 100k (2023)

9.7% of adults in the Philippines are obese, versus 2.5% in Vietnam

Philippines: 9.7% (2024) · Vietnam: 2.5% (2024)

21% of adults in Vietnam smoke, versus 20% in the Philippines

Philippines: 19.9% (2024) · Vietnam: 21.1% (2024)

People in Vietnam rate their lives 0.22 points higher than in the Philippines

Philippines: 6.21 (2025) · Vietnam: 6.43 (2025)

Adults in Vietnam drink 76% more alcohol than in the Philippines

Philippines: 6.1 litres (2023) · Vietnam: 10.7 litres (2023)

Vietnam has 80% more meat per person than the Philippines

Philippines: 33.6 kg (2023) · Vietnam: 60.5 kg (2023)

Vietnam has 103 kcal more food per person per day than the Philippines

Philippines: 2,983 kcal (2023) · Vietnam: 3,086 kcal (2023)

Workers in Vietnam put in 65 more hours a year than in the Philippines

Philippines: 2,096 hours (2023) · Vietnam: 2,160 hours (2023)

Adults in the Philippines went to school 1 year longer than in Vietnam

Philippines: 10 years (2023) · Vietnam: 9 years (2023)

Vietnam welcomed 3.5 times as many tourists per resident as the Philippines (2019)

Philippines: 0.02 (2022) · Vietnam: 0.08 (2015)

Vietnam has 3 more World Heritage sites than the Philippines (9 against 6)

Philippines: 6 (2026) · Vietnam: 9 (2026)

The Philippines has won 18 Olympic medals, Vietnam 5

Philippines: 18 (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 5 (2026 edition)

84% of people in Vietnam are online, versus 67% in the Philippines

Philippines: 67% (2024) · Vietnam: 84% (2024)

Home internet in Vietnam is 47% faster than in the Philippines

Philippines: 166 Mbps (2026) · Vietnam: 244 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Vietnam have electricity, versus 95% in the Philippines

Philippines: 94.8% (2024) · Vietnam: 100% (2024)

56% of people in the Philippines live in cities, versus 39% in Vietnam

Philippines: 56% (2025) · Vietnam: 39% (2025)

Vietnam has 128 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, the Philippines 115

Philippines: 115 (2024) · Vietnam: 128 (2024)

Vietnam’s railway network is 6.2 times as long as the Philippines’

Philippines: 509 km (2016) · Vietnam: 3,159 km (2021)

Airlines from Vietnam fly 53% more passengers per resident than those from the Philippines

Philippines: 0.36 (2023) · Vietnam: 0.54 (2023)

Forest covers 47% of Vietnam, but only 25% of the Philippines

Philippines: 24.8% (2024) · Vietnam: 47.1% (2024)

The average person in Vietnam emits 2.4 times as much CO₂ as someone in the Philippines

Philippines: 1.5 t (2024) · Vietnam: 3.7 t (2024)

45% of Vietnam’s electricity is renewable, versus 23% in the Philippines

Philippines: 23.3% (2025) · Vietnam: 45.4% (2025)

The air in Vietnam carries 11% more fine dust than in the Philippines

Philippines: 23.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Vietnam: 25.6 µg/m³ (2024)

Philippines: 4.3 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: no data

Roads in Vietnam are 33% deadlier than in the Philippines

Philippines: 13.8 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 18.4 per 100k (2023)

The Philippines is on average 2.0 °C warmer than Vietnam

Philippines: 26.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

The Philippines gets 41% more rain than Vietnam

Philippines: 3,001 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 2,132 mm (2016–2025 avg)