Vietnam’s coastline is 92% longer than Portugal’s

Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,444 km (2026 edition)

Vietnam’s highest peak towers 793 m above Portugal’s

Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,144 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 41% of Portugal, versus 39% of Vietnam

Portugal: 41.3% (2024) · Vietnam: 39.2% (2024)

Vietnam has 9.4 times as many people as Portugal

Portugal: 10.8 million (2025) · Vietnam: 102 million (2025)

Vietnam is 2.7 times as densely populated as Portugal

Portugal: 118 per km² (2025) · Vietnam: 324 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Portugal is 14 years older than in Vietnam

Portugal: 46.2 years (2023) · Vietnam: 32.4 years (2023)

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

Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024) · Vietnam: 1.9 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Portugal are 65 or older, versus 9.5% in Vietnam

Portugal: 24.9% (2025) · Vietnam: 9.5% (2025)

Portugal hosts 50,884 times as many refugees per resident as Vietnam

Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Vietnam: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

Portugal has produced 1.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Vietnam 0.1

Portugal: 1.9 (2026) · Vietnam: 0.1 (2026)

Portugal and Vietnam are practically level

Portugal: 1 (2026) · Vietnam: 1 (2026)

Vietnam’s economy is 48% larger than Portugal’s

Portugal: $347 billion (2025) · Vietnam: $515 billion (2025)

Portugal produces 2.9 times as much per person as Vietnam

Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025) · Vietnam: Int$18,089 (2025)

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

Portugal: 33.9 (2023) · Vietnam: 36.1 (2022)

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

Portugal: 0.4% (2023) · Vietnam: 1.6% (2022)

Unemployment is 6.2% in Portugal, versus 1.5% in Vietnam

Portugal: 6.2% (2025) · Vietnam: 1.5% (2025)

Vietnam and Portugal are practically level

Portugal: 1.7% (2025) · Vietnam: 2.2% (2025)

Portugal: 22.3% (2024) · Vietnam: no data

Portugal’s price level (US = 100) is 2.2× Vietnam’s

Portugal: 60% (2025) · Vietnam: 28% (2025)

Portugal spends 15 times as much on health per person as Vietnam

Portugal: $2,971 (2024) · Vietnam: $197 (2023)

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

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

Portugal has 5.3 times as many doctors per person as Vietnam

Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022) · Vietnam: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021)

Portugal has 38% more hospital beds per person than Vietnam

Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Vietnam: 2.5 per 1,000 (2017)

The suicide rate in Vietnam is 16% higher than in Portugal

Portugal: 8.6 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 10 per 100k (2023)

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

Portugal: 23% (2024) · Vietnam: 2.5% (2024)

29% of adults in Portugal smoke, versus 21% in Vietnam

Portugal: 28.6% (2024) · Vietnam: 21.1% (2024)

People in Vietnam rate their lives 0.40 points higher than in Portugal

Portugal: 6.03 (2025) · Vietnam: 6.43 (2025)

Adults in Portugal drink 28% more alcohol than in Vietnam

Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023) · Vietnam: 10.7 litres (2023)

Portugal has 64% more meat per person than Vietnam

Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023) · Vietnam: 60.5 kg (2023)

Portugal has 467 kcal more food per person per day than Vietnam

Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023) · Vietnam: 3,086 kcal (2023)

Workers in Vietnam put in 426 more hours a year than in Portugal

Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023) · Vietnam: 2,160 hours (2023)

Adults in Portugal went to school 0.72 years longer than in Vietnam

Portugal: 9.7 years (2023) · Vietnam: 9 years (2023)

Portugal welcomed 33 times as many tourists per resident as Vietnam (2019)

Portugal: 2.71 (2024) · Vietnam: 0.08 (2015)

Portugal has 8 more World Heritage sites than Vietnam (17 against 9)

Portugal: 17 (2026) · Vietnam: 9 (2026)

Portugal has won 32 Olympic medals, Vietnam 5

Portugal: 32 (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 5 (2026 edition)

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

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

Home internet in Portugal is 35% faster than in Vietnam

Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026) · Vietnam: 244 Mbps (2026)

Portugal and Vietnam are practically level

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

61% of people in Portugal live in cities, versus 39% in Vietnam

Portugal: 61% (2025) · Vietnam: 39% (2025)

Vietnam has 128 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Portugal 124

Portugal: 124 (2024) · Vietnam: 128 (2024)

Vietnam’s railway network is 25% longer than Portugal’s

Portugal: 2,527 km (2021) · Vietnam: 3,159 km (2021)

Airlines from Portugal fly 3.1 times as many passengers per resident as those from Vietnam

Portugal: 1.69 (2023) · Vietnam: 0.54 (2023)

Forest covers 47% of Vietnam, but only 37% of Portugal

Portugal: 36.6% (2024) · Vietnam: 47.1% (2024)

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

Portugal: 3.4 t (2024) · Vietnam: 3.7 t (2024)

81% of Portugal’s electricity is renewable, versus 45% in Vietnam

Portugal: 81% (2025) · Vietnam: 45.4% (2025)

The air in Vietnam carries 2.4 times as much fine dust as in Portugal

Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Vietnam: 25.6 µg/m³ (2024)

Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022) · Vietnam: no data

Roads in Vietnam are 67% deadlier than in Portugal

Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 18.4 per 100k (2023)

Vietnam is on average 8.5 °C warmer than Portugal

Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Vietnam gets 2.7 times as much rain as Portugal

Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 2,132 mm (2016–2025 avg)