Vietnam’s coastline is 2.6 times as long as Sri Lanka’s

Sri Lanka: 1,340 km (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,444 km (2026 edition)

Vietnam’s highest peak towers 620 m above Sri Lanka’s

Sri Lanka: 2,524 m (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,144 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 49% of Sri Lanka, versus 39% of Vietnam

Sri Lanka: 48.8% (2024) · Vietnam: 39.2% (2024)

Vietnam has 4.7 times as many people as Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 21.8 million (2025) · Vietnam: 102 million (2025)

Sri Lanka is 8% more densely populated than Vietnam

Sri Lanka: 352 per km² (2025) · Vietnam: 324 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Sri Lanka is 0.38 years older than in Vietnam

Sri Lanka: 32.8 years (2023) · Vietnam: 32.4 years (2023)

Women in Sri Lanka have 0.1 more children on average than in Vietnam

Sri Lanka: 1.95 children per woman (2024) · Vietnam: 1.9 children per woman (2024)

12% of people in Sri Lanka are 65 or older, versus 9.5% in Vietnam

Sri Lanka: 12.5% (2025) · Vietnam: 9.5% (2025)

Sri Lanka hosts 77 times as many refugees per resident as Vietnam

Sri Lanka: 0.0098 per 1,000 (2025) · Vietnam: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

Vietnam has produced 0.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Sri Lanka none

Sri Lanka: 0 (2026) · Vietnam: 0.1 (2026)

Sri Lanka has 2 official languages, Vietnam 1

Sri Lanka: 2 (2026) · Vietnam: 1 (2026)

Vietnam’s economy is 4.7 times the size of Sri Lanka’s

Sri Lanka: $109 billion (2025) · Vietnam: $515 billion (2025)

Vietnam produces 6% more per person than Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Int$17,065 (2025) · Vietnam: Int$18,089 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Sri Lanka than in Vietnam (Gini 1.6 points higher)

Sri Lanka: 37.7 (2019) · Vietnam: 36.1 (2022)

2.7% of people in Sri Lanka live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.6% in Vietnam

Sri Lanka: 2.7% (2019) · Vietnam: 1.6% (2022)

Unemployment is 4.0% in Sri Lanka, versus 1.5% in Vietnam

Sri Lanka: 4% (2025) · Vietnam: 1.5% (2025)

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

Sri Lanka: 1.3% (2025) · Vietnam: 2.2% (2025)

Sri Lanka: 9.9% (2023) · Vietnam: no data

Sri Lanka’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Vietnam’s

Sri Lanka: 29% (2025) · Vietnam: 28% (2025)

Vietnam spends 47% more on health per person than Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: $134 (2023) · Vietnam: $197 (2023)

A baby in Vietnam is 2.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 5.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Vietnam: 12 per 1,000 (2024)

Sri Lanka has 3% more doctors per person than Vietnam

Sri Lanka: 1.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Vietnam: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021)

Sri Lanka has 56% more hospital beds per person than Vietnam

Sri Lanka: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Vietnam: 2.5 per 1,000 (2017)

The suicide rate in Sri Lanka is 40% higher than in Vietnam

Sri Lanka: 14 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 10 per 100k (2023)

11% of adults in Sri Lanka are obese, versus 2.5% in Vietnam

Sri Lanka: 11.2% (2024) · Vietnam: 2.5% (2024)

Vietnam and Sri Lanka are practically level

Sri Lanka: 20.7% (2024) · Vietnam: 21.1% (2024)

People in Vietnam rate their lives 2.42 points higher than in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 4.01 (2025) · Vietnam: 6.43 (2025)

Adults in Vietnam drink 4.3 times as much alcohol as in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 2.5 litres (2023) · Vietnam: 10.7 litres (2023)

Vietnam has 5.2 times as much meat per person as Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 11.6 kg (2023) · Vietnam: 60.5 kg (2023)

Vietnam has 411 kcal more food per person per day than Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 2,675 kcal (2023) · Vietnam: 3,086 kcal (2023)

Workers in Vietnam put in 107 more hours a year than in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 2,053 hours (2023) · Vietnam: 2,160 hours (2023)

Adults in Sri Lanka went to school 1.8 years longer than in Vietnam

Sri Lanka: 10.8 years (2023) · Vietnam: 9 years (2023)

Vietnam welcomed 2.5 times as many tourists per resident as Sri Lanka (2019)

Sri Lanka: 0.03 (2022) · Vietnam: 0.08 (2015)

Vietnam has 1 more World Heritage site than Sri Lanka (9 against 8)

Sri Lanka: 8 (2026) · Vietnam: 9 (2026)

Vietnam has won 5 Olympic medals, Sri Lanka 2

Sri Lanka: 2 (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 5 (2026 edition)

84% of people in Vietnam are online, versus 55% in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 55% (2024) · Vietnam: 84% (2024)

Home internet in Vietnam is 3.9 times as fast as in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 63 Mbps (2026) · Vietnam: 244 Mbps (2026)

Sri Lanka and Vietnam are practically level

Sri Lanka: 100% (2024) · Vietnam: 100% (2024)

39% of people in Vietnam live in cities, versus 20% in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 20% (2025) · Vietnam: 39% (2025)

Sri Lanka has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Vietnam 128

Sri Lanka: 133 (2024) · Vietnam: 128 (2024)

Vietnam’s railway network is 2 times as long as Sri Lanka’s

Sri Lanka: 1,562 km (2019) · Vietnam: 3,159 km (2021)

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

Sri Lanka: 0.18 (2023) · Vietnam: 0.54 (2023)

Forest covers 47% of Vietnam, but only 34% of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 34.4% (2024) · Vietnam: 47.1% (2024)

The average person in Vietnam emits 4.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 0.9 t (2024) · Vietnam: 3.7 t (2024)

62% of Sri Lanka’s electricity is renewable, versus 45% in Vietnam

Sri Lanka: 61.6% (2025) · Vietnam: 45.4% (2025)

The air in Vietnam carries 24% more fine dust than in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 20.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Vietnam: 25.6 µg/m³ (2024)

Sri Lanka: 3.3 per 100k (2019) · Vietnam: no data

Roads in Sri Lanka are 15% deadlier than in Vietnam

Sri Lanka: 21.1 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 18.4 per 100k (2023)

Sri Lanka is on average 2.5 °C warmer than Vietnam

Sri Lanka: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Vietnam gets 16% more rain than Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 1,839 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 2,132 mm (2016–2025 avg)