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Hong Kong vs Vietnam

95 shared metrics.

Hong KongLeads in 52

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VietnamLeads in 43

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Hong Kong

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Identity

Formal name: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Hong Kong sits near the top of global life-expectancy tables despite extreme urban density.

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Vietnam

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Vietnam has more people than France.

World Bank

Analysis

Hong Kong leads in 52 of 95 shared metrics, while Vietnam leads in 43.

Hong Kong's Population Density is 21.4x that of Vietnam (7.2K /km² vs 320.18 /km²).

Hong Kong's GNI Per Capita is 11.7x that of Vietnam ($57,070 vs $4,490).

Hong Kong's Credit Card Ownership is 11.3x that of Vietnam (71.63% of adults vs 5.8% of adults).

Hong Kong's Researchers is 5.9x that of Vietnam (5.3K per 1M vs 767.89 per 1M).

Hong Kong's FDI Inflows (% GDP) is 5.8x that of Vietnam (28.76% of GDP vs 4.2% of GDP).

Key Comparisons

Population DensityHong Kong leads

Hong Kong

7.2K /km²

Vietnam

320.18 /km²

GNI Per CapitaHong Kong leads

Hong Kong

$57,070

Vietnam

$4,490

Credit Card OwnershipHong Kong leads

Hong Kong

71.63% of adults

Vietnam

5.8% of adults

ResearchersHong Kong leads

Hong Kong

5.3K per 1M

Vietnam

767.89 per 1M

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Hong Kong leads

Hong Kong

28.76% of GDP

Vietnam

4.2% of GDP

Milk Consumption per PersonHong Kong leads

Hong Kong

137.08 kg/person/yr

Vietnam

63.34 kg/person/yr

116% higher

Comparison of Hong Kong and Vietnam across 95 metrics
				Winner
Population Density	7.2K /km²	320.18 /km²	2142% higher	Hong Kong
GNI Per Capita	$57,070	$4,490	1171% higher	Hong Kong
Credit Card Ownership	71.63% of adults	5.8% of adults	1130% higher	Hong Kong
Researchers	5.3K per 1M	767.89 per 1M	587% higher	Hong Kong
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	28.76% of GDP	4.2% of GDP	579% higher	Hong Kong
Milk Consumption per Person	105.85 kg/person/yr	16.36 kg/person/yr	547% higher	Hong Kong
Protected Land (%)	42%	7.6%	453% higher	Hong Kong
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$75,195.99	$16,385.51	359% higher	Hong Kong
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	4.0 gold medals	1.0 gold medals	300% higher	Hong Kong
University Enrollment Rate	120.09%	37.59%	219% higher	Hong Kong
Foreign Patents	21.5K	7.5K	188% higher	Hong Kong
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	365 per 100 people	128 per 100 people	185% higher	Hong Kong
R&D Spending (% GDP)	1.1% of GDP	0.42% of GDP	160% higher	Hong Kong
Urban Population (%)	100%	38.49%	160% higher	Hong Kong
All-Time Olympic Medals	13 medals	5.0 medals	160% higher	Hong Kong
Elderly Population (%)	22.67%	9.0%	151% higher	Hong Kong
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	6.4K kWh/person	2.6K kWh/person	143% higher	Hong Kong
Firms with Female Top Manager	43.64% of firms	19.4% of firms	125% higher	Hong Kong
Freedom of Expression Index	0.23	0.10	123% higher	Hong Kong
Meat Consumption per Person	137.08 kg/person/yr	63.34 kg/person/yr	116% higher	Hong Kong
Imports (% GDP)	177.72% of GDP	83.71% of GDP	112% higher	Hong Kong
Exports (% GDP)	181.79% of GDP	90.15% of GDP	102% higher	Hong Kong
Land Area	1.1K km²	313.4K km²	100% lower	Vietnam
Government Debt (% GDP)	0.10% of GDP	58.5% of GDP	100% lower	Vietnam
Irrigated Land	10 km²	46.0K km²	100% lower	Vietnam
Land Border Length	33 km	4.6K km	99% lower	Vietnam
Renewable Energy (%)	0.40%	24.2%	98% lower	Vietnam
Teen Birth Rate	1.1 per 1k	34.28 per 1k	97% lower	Vietnam
Unemployment Rate	2.8%	1.4%	95% higher	Hong Kong
Renewable Energy (%)	1.0%	21.53%	95% lower	Vietnam
Airports	2.0	36	94% lower	Vietnam
Population	7.31M	106.69M	93% lower	Vietnam
Railway Network	230.1 km	3.2K km	93% lower	Vietnam
Solar Electricity Share	0.61%	7.4%	92% lower	Vietnam
Firms Asked for Bribes	2.6% of firms	31.07% of firms	92% lower	Vietnam
Total CO2 Emissions	34.62 Mt CO2e	430.82 Mt CO2e	92% lower	Vietnam
Firms Hit by Power Outages	3.9% of firms	43.01% of firms	91% lower	Vietnam
Firms Making Informal Payments	2.2% of firms	25.51% of firms	91% lower	Vietnam
Agricultural Land (%)	3.8%	39.21%	90% lower	Vietnam
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	4.9 per 1k	2.6 per 1k	88% higher	Hong Kong
Electricity Generation	39.02 TWh	306.33 TWh	87% lower	Vietnam
Corruption Perceptions Index	76 pts	41 pts	85% higher	Hong Kong
Doctors (per 1,000)	2.0 per 1k	1.1 per 1k	84% higher	Hong Kong
Electric Generating Capacity	13.30M kW	85.72M kW	84% lower	Vietnam
Political Corruption Index	0.09	0.47	82% lower	Vietnam
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	12.2% of GDP	6.7% of GDP	82% higher	Hong Kong
Coastline Length	733 km	3.4K km	79% lower	Vietnam
Broadband Access (%)	40 per 100 people	23 per 100 people	74% higher	Hong Kong
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	46.67 per 100k	27.25 per 100k	71% higher	Hong Kong
Safe Drinking Water (%)	100%	58.58%	71% higher	Hong Kong
High-Tech Exports (%)	75.57%	44.26%	71% higher	Hong Kong
Highest Elevation	958 m	3.1K m	70% lower	Vietnam
Border Neighbors	1.0	3.0	67% lower	Vietnam
Seafood Consumption per Person	65.79 kg/person/yr	39.84 kg/person/yr	65% higher	Hong Kong
GDP Growth Rate	2.5%	7.1%	65% lower	Vietnam
Domestic Patents	401	1.1K	62% lower	Vietnam
Youth Population (%)	10.51%	23.22%	55% lower	Vietnam
Air Passengers	25.70M	55.11M	53% lower	Vietnam
Inflation Rate	1.7%	3.6%	53% lower	Vietnam
Energy Use (Per Capita)	1.6K kg oil eq/person	1.0K kg oil eq/person	53% higher	Hong Kong
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	50% lower	Vietnam
Birth Rate	7.5 per 1k	14.58 per 1k	49% lower	Vietnam
Digital Payments Used	92.77% of adults	62.38% of adults	49% higher	Hong Kong
Electricity Carbon Intensity	675.48 gCO2/kWh	460.73 gCO2/kWh	47% higher	Hong Kong
Youth Unemployment Rate	9.0% of youth labor force	6.2% of youth labor force	45% higher	Hong Kong
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	7.0 days/yr	12 days/yr	42% lower	Vietnam
Median Age	46.2 years	32.4 years	42% higher	Hong Kong
Death Rate	8.2 per 1k	5.8 per 1k	40% higher	Hong Kong
Liberal Democracy Index	0.14	0.10	39% higher	Hong Kong
Fertility Rate	1.2 children/woman	2.0 children/woman	38% lower	Vietnam
Education Spending (% GDP)	3.8% of GDP	2.9% of GDP	32% higher	Hong Kong
Coal Electricity Share	33.65%	48.14%	30% lower	Vietnam
Merchant Fleet Size	2.5K	2.0K	29% higher	Hong Kong
Human Development Index	0.95	0.77	25% higher	Hong Kong
CO2 Per Capita	4.5 t/person/yr	3.7 t/person/yr	22% higher	Hong Kong
Shipping Traffic	16.57M	20.52M	19% lower	Vietnam
GDP (Nominal)	$406,863,396,487.34	$476,388,230,307.17	15% lower	Vietnam
Internet Users (%)	96%	84.15%	14% higher	Hong Kong
Life Expectancy	85.2 years	74.6 years	14% higher	Hong Kong
Life Evaluation Score	5.6 pts	6.4 pts	13% lower	Vietnam
Big Mac Price	$3.21	$2.89	11% higher	Hong Kong
Food Waste per Person	139.93 kg/person/yr	156.69 kg/person/yr	11% lower	Vietnam
Tourist Arrivals	3.57M	3.84M	7% lower	Vietnam
Dependency Ratio	49.64% of working-age pop.	47.65% of working-age pop.	4% higher	Hong Kong
Average Weekly Work Hours	43 hrs/week	41.85 hrs/week	3% higher	Hong Kong
Electoral Democracy Index	0.15	0.15	3% higher	Hong Kong
Can Raise Emergency Money	96.1% of adults	98.26% of adults	2% lower	Vietnam
Women's Political Empowerment	0.80	0.81	1% lower	Vietnam
Sanitation Access (%)	94.83%	95.45%	1% lower	Vietnam
Wind Electricity Share	0%	4.6%	ranked lower	Vietnam
Electricity Access (%)	100%	99.8%	equal	Hong Kong
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0.01 per 1M people	ranked lower	Vietnam
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Hong Kong
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Hong Kong
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	0 sites	8.0 sites	ranked lower	Vietnam

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Hong Kong Vietnam

Analysis

Hong Kong leads in 52 of 95 shared metrics, while Vietnam leads in 43.

Hong Kong's Population Density is 21.4x that of Vietnam (7.2K /km² vs 320.18 /km²).

Hong Kong's GNI Per Capita is 11.7x that of Vietnam ($57,070 vs $4,490).

Hong Kong's Credit Card Ownership is 11.3x that of Vietnam (71.63% of adults vs 5.8% of adults).

Hong Kong's Researchers is 5.9x that of Vietnam (5.3K per 1M vs 767.89 per 1M).

Hong Kong's FDI Inflows (% GDP) is 5.8x that of Vietnam (28.76% of GDP vs 4.2% of GDP).

Key Comparisons

Population DensityHong Kong leads

Hong Kong

7.2K /km²

Vietnam

320.18 /km²

GNI Per CapitaHong Kong leads

Hong Kong

$57,070

Vietnam

$4,490

Credit Card OwnershipHong Kong leads

Hong Kong

71.63% of adults

Vietnam

5.8% of adults

ResearchersHong Kong leads

Hong Kong

5.3K per 1M

Vietnam

767.89 per 1M

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Hong Kong leads

Hong Kong

28.76% of GDP

Vietnam

4.2% of GDP

Milk Consumption per PersonHong Kong leads

Hong Kong

105.85 kg/person/yr

Vietnam

16.36 kg/person/yr

Population Density

7.2K /km²

320.18 /km²

GNI Per Capita

$57,070

$4,490

Credit Card Ownership

71.63% of adults

5.8% of adults

Researchers

5.3K per 1M

767.89 per 1M

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

28.76% of GDP

4.2% of GDP

Milk Consumption per Person

105.85 kg/person/yr

16.36 kg/person/yr

Protected Land (%)

42%

7.6%

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

$75,195.99

$16,385.51

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

4.0 gold medals

1.0 gold medals

University Enrollment Rate

120.09%

37.59%

Foreign Patents

21.5K

7.5K

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

365 per 100 people

128 per 100 people

R&D Spending (% GDP)

1.1% of GDP

0.42% of GDP

Urban Population (%)

100%

38.49%

All-Time Olympic Medals

13 medals

5.0 medals

Elderly Population (%)

22.67%

9.0%

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

6.4K kWh/person

2.6K kWh/person

Firms with Female Top Manager

43.64% of firms

19.4% of firms

Freedom of Expression Index

0.23

0.10

Meat Consumption per Person

137.08 kg/person/yr

63.34 kg/person/yr

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Population Density

GNI Per Capita

Credit Card Ownership

Researchers

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Milk Consumption per Person

Protected Land (%)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

University Enrollment Rate

Foreign Patents

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Urban Population (%)

All-Time Olympic Medals

Elderly Population (%)

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Firms with Female Top Manager

Freedom of Expression Index

Meat Consumption per Person

Imports (% GDP)

Exports (% GDP)

Land Area

Government Debt (% GDP)

Irrigated Land

Land Border Length

Renewable Energy (%)

Teen Birth Rate

Unemployment Rate

Renewable Energy (%)

Airports

Population

Railway Network

Solar Electricity Share

Firms Asked for Bribes

Total CO2 Emissions

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Firms Making Informal Payments

Agricultural Land (%)

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Electricity Generation

Corruption Perceptions Index

Doctors (per 1,000)

Electric Generating Capacity

Political Corruption Index

Current Account Balance (% of GDP)

Coastline Length

Broadband Access (%)

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Safe Drinking Water (%)

High-Tech Exports (%)

Highest Elevation

Border Neighbors

Seafood Consumption per Person

GDP Growth Rate

Domestic Patents

Youth Population (%)

Air Passengers

Inflation Rate

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Time Zones Count

Birth Rate

Digital Payments Used

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Youth Unemployment Rate

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Median Age

Death Rate

Liberal Democracy Index

Fertility Rate

Education Spending (% GDP)

Coal Electricity Share