Vietnam’s coastline is 7% longer than Sweden’s

Sweden: 3,218 km (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,444 km (2026 edition)

Vietnam’s highest peak towers 1,044 m above Sweden’s

Sweden: 2,100 m (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,144 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 39% of Vietnam, versus 7.3% of Sweden

Sweden: 7.3% (2024) · Vietnam: 39.2% (2024)

Vietnam has 9.6 times as many people as Sweden

Sweden: 10.6 million (2025) · Vietnam: 102 million (2025)

Vietnam is 12 times as densely populated as Sweden

Sweden: 26 per km² (2025) · Vietnam: 324 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Sweden is 7.5 years older than in Vietnam

Sweden: 39.9 years (2023) · Vietnam: 32.4 years (2023)

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

Sweden: 1.43 children per woman (2024) · Vietnam: 1.9 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Sweden are 65 or older, versus 9.5% in Vietnam

Sweden: 20.9% (2025) · Vietnam: 9.5% (2025)

Sweden hosts 106,289 times as many refugees per resident as Vietnam

Sweden: 13.6 per 1,000 (2025) · Vietnam: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

Sweden has produced 28.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Vietnam 0.1

Sweden: 28.3 (2026) · Vietnam: 0.1 (2026)

Sweden and Vietnam are practically level

Sweden: 1 (2026) · Vietnam: 1 (2026)

Sweden’s economy is 30% larger than Vietnam’s

Sweden: $669 billion (2025) · Vietnam: $515 billion (2025)

Sweden produces 4 times as much per person as Vietnam

Sweden: Int$72,529 (2025) · Vietnam: Int$18,089 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Vietnam than in Sweden (Gini 6.8 points higher)

Sweden: 29.3 (2023) · Vietnam: 36.1 (2022)

1.6% of people in Vietnam live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.8% in Sweden

Sweden: 0.8% (2023) · Vietnam: 1.6% (2022)

Unemployment is 8.7% in Sweden, versus 1.5% in Vietnam

Sweden: 8.7% (2025) · Vietnam: 1.5% (2025)

Sweden and Vietnam are practically level

Sweden: 2.5% (2025) · Vietnam: 2.2% (2025)

Sweden: 27.2% (2024) · Vietnam: no data

Sweden’s price level (US = 100) is 3.1× Vietnam’s

Sweden: 87% (2025) · Vietnam: 28% (2025)

Sweden spends 33 times as much on health per person as Vietnam

Sweden: $6,485 (2024) · Vietnam: $197 (2023)

A baby in Vietnam is 6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Sweden

Sweden: 2 per 1,000 (2024) · Vietnam: 12 per 1,000 (2024)

Sweden has 4 times as many doctors per person as Vietnam

Sweden: 4.4 per 1,000 (2021) · Vietnam: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021)

Vietnam has 33% more hospital beds per person than Sweden

Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 (2022) · Vietnam: 2.5 per 1,000 (2017)

The suicide rate in Sweden is 27% higher than in Vietnam

Sweden: 12.7 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 10 per 100k (2023)

19% of adults in Sweden are obese, versus 2.5% in Vietnam

Sweden: 18.7% (2024) · Vietnam: 2.5% (2024)

21% of adults in Vietnam smoke, versus 20% in Sweden

Sweden: 20.3% (2024) · Vietnam: 21.1% (2024)

People in Sweden rate their lives 0.83 points higher than in Vietnam

Sweden: 7.26 (2025) · Vietnam: 6.43 (2025)

Adults in Vietnam drink 23% more alcohol than in Sweden

Sweden: 8.7 litres (2023) · Vietnam: 10.7 litres (2023)

Sweden has 13% more meat per person than Vietnam

Sweden: 68.4 kg (2023) · Vietnam: 60.5 kg (2023)

Sweden has 281 kcal more food per person per day than Vietnam

Sweden: 3,367 kcal (2023) · Vietnam: 3,086 kcal (2023)

Workers in Vietnam put in 729 more hours a year than in Sweden

Sweden: 1,432 hours (2023) · Vietnam: 2,160 hours (2023)

Adults in Sweden went to school 3.8 years longer than in Vietnam

Sweden: 12.7 years (2023) · Vietnam: 9 years (2023)

Sweden welcomed 7.8 times as many tourists per resident as Vietnam (2019)

Sweden: 0.63 (2022) · Vietnam: 0.08 (2015)

Sweden has 6 more World Heritage sites than Vietnam (15 against 9)

Sweden: 15 (2026) · Vietnam: 9 (2026)

Sweden has won 709 Olympic medals, Vietnam 5

Sweden: 709 (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 5 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Sweden are online, versus 84% in Vietnam

Sweden: 96% (2025) · Vietnam: 84% (2024)

Home internet in Sweden is 2% faster than in Vietnam

Sweden: 248 Mbps (2026) · Vietnam: 244 Mbps (2026)

Sweden and Vietnam are practically level

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

89% of people in Sweden live in cities, versus 39% in Vietnam

Sweden: 89% (2025) · Vietnam: 39% (2025)

Sweden has 141 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Vietnam 128

Sweden: 141 (2024) · Vietnam: 128 (2024)

Sweden’s railway network is 3.1 times as long as Vietnam’s

Sweden: 9,714 km (2021) · Vietnam: 3,159 km (2021)

Airlines from Sweden fly 3.4 times as many passengers per resident as those from Vietnam

Sweden: 1.85 (2023) · Vietnam: 0.54 (2023)

Forest covers 69% of Sweden, but only 47% of Vietnam

Sweden: 68.6% (2024) · Vietnam: 47.1% (2024)

The average person in Vietnam emits 2% more CO₂ than someone in Sweden

Sweden: 3.6 t (2024) · Vietnam: 3.7 t (2024)

71% of Sweden’s electricity is renewable, versus 45% in Vietnam

Sweden: 71.2% (2025) · Vietnam: 45.4% (2025)

The air in Vietnam carries 4.5 times as much fine dust as in Sweden

Sweden: 5.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Vietnam: 25.6 µg/m³ (2024)

Sweden: 1.1 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: no data

Roads in Vietnam are 5.4 times as deadly as in Sweden

Sweden: 3.4 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 18.4 per 100k (2023)

Vietnam is on average 20.0 °C warmer than Sweden

Sweden: 4.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Vietnam gets 2.7 times as much rain as Sweden

Sweden: 801 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 2,132 mm (2016–2025 avg)