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Laos vs Vietnam

116 shared metrics.

LaosLeads in 37

vs116 shared

VietnamLeads in 79

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Country briefing

What matters for both sides

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Laos

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Lao People's Democratic Republic.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: name means "Land of the Lao [people].

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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

Vietnam leads in 79 of 116 shared metrics, while Laos leads in 37.

Laos's Spirits Consumption is 15.3x that of Vietnam (3.0 L/person/yr vs 0.18 L/person/yr).

Laos's Capital Elevation is 9.9x that of Vietnam (174 m vs 16 m).

Laos's Inflation Rate is 5.4x that of Vietnam (23.1% vs 3.6%).

Laos's Obesity Rate is 2.7x that of Vietnam (7.8% vs 2.1%).

Laos's Firms with Female Top Manager is 1.6x that of Vietnam (50.69% of firms vs 19.4% of firms).

Key Comparisons

Spirits ConsumptionLaos leads

Laos

3.0 L/person/yr

Vietnam

0.18 L/person/yr

Capital ElevationLaos leads

Laos

174 m

Vietnam

16 m

Inflation RateLaos leads

Laos

23.1%

Vietnam

3.6%

Obesity RateLaos leads

Laos

7.8%

Vietnam

2.1%

Firms with Female Top ManagerLaos leads

Laos

50.69% of firms

Vietnam

19.4% of firms

Infant MortalityLaos leads

Laos

35.2 per 1k births

Vietnam

14 per 1k births

All Metrics

Spirits Consumption

Laos

3.0 L/person/yr

Vietnam

0.18 L/person/yr

1527% higher

Capital Elevation

Laos

174 m

Vietnam

16 m

988% higher

Inflation Rate

Laos

23.1%

Vietnam

3.6%

542% higher

Obesity Rate

Laos

7.8%

Vietnam

2.1%

273% higher

Firms with Female Top Manager

Laos

50.69% of firms

Vietnam

19.4% of firms

161% higher

Infant Mortality

Laos

35.2 per 1k births

Vietnam

14 per 1k births

151% higher

Protected Land (%)

Laos

18.8%

Vietnam

7.6%

147% higher

Teen Birth Rate

Laos

81.65 per 1k

Vietnam

34.28 per 1k

138% higher

Renewable Energy (%)

Laos

49.2%

Vietnam

24.2%

103% higher

Merchant Fleet Size

Vietnam

Laos

1.0

Vietnam

2.0K

100% lower

Scientific Publications

Vietnam

Laos

83.93

Vietnam

10.5K

99% lower

Air Passengers

Vietnam

Laos

842.3K

Vietnam

55.11M

98% lower

Solar Electricity Share

Vietnam

Laos

0.17%

Vietnam

7.4%

98% lower

GDP (Nominal)

Vietnam

Laos

$16,502,933,121.34

Vietnam

$476,388,230,307.17

97% lower

Child Mortality

Laos

39 per 1k births

Vietnam

20 per 1k births

95% higher

Total CO2 Emissions

Vietnam

Laos

26.06 Mt CO2e

Vietnam

430.82 Mt CO2e

94% lower

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Vietnam

Laos

0.03 per 100k people

Vietnam

0.39 per 100k people

94% lower

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)

Population

Vietnam

Laos

7.95M

Vietnam

106.69M

93% lower

Tourism Revenue

Vietnam

Laos

$227,000,000

Vietnam

$3,232,000,000

93% lower

Water Withdrawal

Vietnam

Laos

7.3 B m³

Vietnam

81.86 B m³

91% lower

Comparison of Laos and Vietnam across 116 metrics
				Winner
Spirits Consumption	3.0 L/person/yr	0.18 L/person/yr	1527% higher	Laos
Capital Elevation	174 m	16 m	988% higher	Laos
Inflation Rate	23.1%	3.6%	542% higher	Laos
Obesity Rate	7.8%	2.1%	273% higher	Laos
Firms with Female Top Manager	50.69% of firms	19.4% of firms	161% higher	Laos
Infant Mortality	35.2 per 1k births	14 per 1k births	151% higher	Laos
Protected Land (%)	18.8%	7.6%	147% higher	Laos
Teen Birth Rate	81.65 per 1k	34.28 per 1k	138% higher	Laos
Renewable Energy (%)	49.2%	24.2%	103% higher	Laos
Merchant Fleet Size	1.0	2.0K	100% lower	Vietnam
Scientific Publications	83.93	10.5K	99% lower	Vietnam
Air Passengers	842.3K	55.11M	98% lower	Vietnam
Solar Electricity Share	0.17%	7.4%	98% lower	Vietnam
GDP (Nominal)	$16,502,933,121.34	$476,388,230,307.17	97% lower	Vietnam
Child Mortality	39 per 1k births	20 per 1k births	95% higher	Laos
Total CO2 Emissions	26.06 Mt CO2e	430.82 Mt CO2e	94% lower	Vietnam
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.03 per 100k people	0.39 per 100k people	94% lower	Vietnam
Population	7.95M	106.69M	93% lower	Vietnam
Tourism Revenue	$227,000,000	$3,232,000,000	93% lower	Vietnam
Water Withdrawal	7.3 B m³	81.86 B m³	91% lower	Vietnam
Population Density	33.21 /km²	320.18 /km²	90% lower	Vietnam
Irrigated Land	4.4K km²	46.0K km²	90% lower	Vietnam
Military Spending	0.19% of GDP	1.8% of GDP	89% lower	Vietnam
Broadband Access (%)	2.7 per 100 people	23 per 100 people	88% lower	Vietnam
Electric Generating Capacity	12.74M kW	85.72M kW	85% lower	Vietnam
Railway Length	422 km	2.6K km	84% lower	Vietnam
Water Stress (%)	3.9%	22.78%	83% lower	Vietnam
High-Tech Exports (%)	7.4%	44.26%	83% lower	Vietnam
Electricity Generation	52.3 TWh	306.33 TWh	83% lower	Vietnam
Milk Consumption per Person	2.9 kg/person/yr	16.36 kg/person/yr	82% lower	Vietnam
Credit Card Ownership	1.1% of adults	5.8% of adults	81% lower	Vietnam
Health Spending Per Capita	$41.35	$188.9	78% lower	Vietnam
Tourist Arrivals	886.4K	3.84M	77% lower	Vietnam
Agricultural Land (%)	9.9%	39.21%	75% lower	Vietnam
Armed Forces Personnel	129.0K	522.0K	75% lower	Vietnam
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.33 per 1k	1.1 per 1k	70% lower	Vietnam
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	11.4% of GDP	6.7% of GDP	70% higher	Laos
Mobile Money Accounts	11.84% of adults	38.72% of adults	69% lower	Vietnam
Freedom of Expression Index	0.03	0.10	69% lower	Vietnam
Border Neighbors	5.0	3.0	67% higher	Laos
Political Corruption Index	0.77	0.47	64% higher	Laos
Youth Unemployment Rate	2.4% of youth labor force	6.2% of youth labor force	61% lower	Vietnam
University Enrollment Rate	14.88%	37.59%	60% lower	Vietnam
Education Spending (% GDP)	1.2% of GDP	2.9% of GDP	57% lower	Vietnam
Digital Payments Used	26.53% of adults	62.38% of adults	57% lower	Vietnam
Health Spending (% GDP)	2.0% of GDP	4.6% of GDP	56% lower	Vietnam
GNI Per Capita	$2,000	$4,490	55% lower	Vietnam
Meat Consumption per Person	30.41 kg/person/yr	63.34 kg/person/yr	52% lower	Vietnam
Coal Electricity Share	23.28%	48.14%	52% lower	Vietnam
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	1.3K kWh/person	2.6K kWh/person	52% lower	Vietnam
Forest Coverage (%)	71.46%	47.45%	51% higher	Laos
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.3 per 1k	2.6 per 1k	50% lower	Vietnam
Vehicles per 1,000 People	267.78 per 1k people	539.01 per 1k people	50% lower	Vietnam
Electricity Carbon Intensity	232.08 gCO2/kWh	460.73 gCO2/kWh	50% lower	Vietnam
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	4.0 sites	8.0 sites	50% lower	Vietnam
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	65 per 100 people	128 per 100 people	49% lower	Vietnam
Insufficient Physical Activity	15.58% of adults	30.32% of adults	49% lower	Vietnam
Elderly Population (%)	4.7%	9.0%	48% lower	Vietnam
Airports	20	36	44% lower	Vietnam
Beer Consumption	3.7 L/person/yr	2.6 L/person/yr	42% higher	Laos
GDP Growth Rate	4.1%	7.1%	42% lower	Vietnam
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	6.0% of GDP	4.2% of GDP	41% higher	Laos
Seafood Consumption per Person	24.01 kg/person/yr	39.84 kg/person/yr	40% lower	Vietnam
Safe Drinking Water (%)	35.19%	58.58%	40% lower	Vietnam
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$9,775.83	$16,385.51	40% lower	Vietnam
Women's Political Empowerment	0.51	0.81	37% lower	Vietnam
Suicide Rate	4.6 per 100k	7.3 per 100k	37% lower	Vietnam
Alcohol Consumption	10.82 L/adult/yr	8.0 L/adult/yr	35% higher	Laos
Informal Employment Share	90.49% of employed people	67.03% of employed people	35% higher	Laos
Birth Rate	19.22 per 1k	14.58 per 1k	32% higher	Laos
Youth Population (%)	30.2%	23.22%	30% higher	Laos
Women in Parliament (%)	21.95%	30.63%	28% lower	Vietnam
Land Area	230.8K km²	313.4K km²	26% lower	Vietnam
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	15 days/yr	12 days/yr	25% higher	Laos
Median Age	24.3 years	32.4 years	25% lower	Vietnam
Internet Users (%)	64%	84.15%	24% lower	Vietnam
Smoking Rate	27.2%	22.5%	21% higher	Laos
Adult Literacy Rate	75.64%	96.13%	21% lower	Vietnam
Energy Use (Per Capita)	815.09 kg oil eq/person	1.0K kg oil eq/person	20% lower	Vietnam
Human Development Index	0.62	0.77	19% lower	Vietnam
Corruption Perceptions Index	34 pts	41 pts	17% lower	Vietnam
Tobacco Use Prevalence	25.4% of adults	21.7% of adults	17% higher	Laos
Unemployment Rate	1.2%	1.4%	15% lower	Vietnam
CO2 Per Capita	3.1 t/person/yr	3.7 t/person/yr	15% lower	Vietnam
Life Evaluation Score	5.5 pts	6.4 pts	14% lower	Vietnam
Land Border Length	5.3K km	4.6K km	14% higher	Laos
Dependency Ratio	53.53% of working-age pop.	47.65% of working-age pop.	12% higher	Laos
Forest Area	164.9K km²	148.7K km²	11% higher	Laos
Food Waste per Person	174.08 kg/person/yr	156.69 kg/person/yr	11% higher	Laos
Highest Elevation	2.8K m	3.1K m	10% lower	Vietnam
Fertility Rate	2.2 children/woman	2.0 children/woman	9% higher	Laos
Liberal Democracy Index	0.11	0.10	8% higher	Laos
Life Expectancy	69.0 years	74.6 years	8% lower	Vietnam
Electoral Democracy Index	0.14	0.15	8% lower	Vietnam
Sanitation Access (%)	88.73%	95.45%	7% lower	Vietnam
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	22.32 µg/m³	20.8 µg/m³	7% higher	Laos
Road Traffic Death Rate	16.4 per 100k	17.7 per 100k	7% lower	Vietnam
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	28.67 per 100k	27.25 per 100k	5% higher	Laos
Can Raise Emergency Money	93.29% of adults	98.26% of adults	5% lower	Vietnam
Hypertension Prevalence	28.4% of adults	29.7% of adults	4% lower	Vietnam
Death Rate	6.1 per 1k	5.8 per 1k	4% higher	Laos
Firms Hit by Power Outages	41.46% of firms	43.01% of firms	4% lower	Vietnam
Firms Making Informal Payments	26.44% of firms	25.51% of firms	4% higher	Laos
Electricity Access (%)	96.5%	99.8%	3% lower	Vietnam
Urban Population (%)	39.56%	38.49%	3% higher	Laos
Firms Asked for Bribes	30.6% of firms	31.07% of firms	2% lower	Vietnam
Average Weekly Work Hours	41.53 hrs/week	41.85 hrs/week	1% lower	Vietnam
Women in Senior Management	25.68% of managers	26.07% of managers	1% lower	Vietnam
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Laos
Coastline Length	0 km	3.4K km	ranked lower	Vietnam
Wind Electricity Share	0%	4.6%	ranked lower	Vietnam
Government Debt (% GDP)	58.4% of GDP	58.5% of GDP	equal	Vietnam
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0.01 per 1M people	ranked lower	Vietnam
Lowest Elevation	70 m	0 m	ranked higher	Laos
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Laos
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0.21 per 1M people	ranked lower	Vietnam

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Analysis

Vietnam leads in 79 of 116 shared metrics, while Laos leads in 37.

Laos's Spirits Consumption is 15.3x that of Vietnam (3.0 L/person/yr vs 0.18 L/person/yr).

Laos's Capital Elevation is 9.9x that of Vietnam (174 m vs 16 m).

Laos's Inflation Rate is 5.4x that of Vietnam (23.1% vs 3.6%).

Laos's Obesity Rate is 2.7x that of Vietnam (7.8% vs 2.1%).

Laos's Firms with Female Top Manager is 1.6x that of Vietnam (50.69% of firms vs 19.4% of firms).

Key Comparisons

Spirits ConsumptionLaos leads

Laos

3.0 L/person/yr

Vietnam

0.18 L/person/yr

Capital ElevationLaos leads

Laos

174 m

Vietnam

16 m

Inflation RateLaos leads

Laos

23.1%

Vietnam

3.6%

Obesity RateLaos leads

Laos

7.8%

Vietnam

2.1%

Firms with Female Top ManagerLaos leads

Laos

50.69% of firms

Vietnam

19.4% of firms

Infant MortalityLaos leads

Laos

35.2 per 1k births

Vietnam

14 per 1k births

Spirits Consumption

3.0 L/person/yr

0.18 L/person/yr

Capital Elevation

174 m

16 m

Inflation Rate

23.1%

3.6%

Obesity Rate

7.8%

2.1%

Firms with Female Top Manager

50.69% of firms

19.4% of firms

Infant Mortality

35.2 per 1k births

14 per 1k births

Protected Land (%)

18.8%

7.6%

Teen Birth Rate

81.65 per 1k

34.28 per 1k

Renewable Energy (%)

49.2%

24.2%

Merchant Fleet Size

1.0

2.0K

Scientific Publications

83.93

10.5K

Air Passengers

842.3K

55.11M

Solar Electricity Share

0.17%

7.4%

GDP (Nominal)

$16,502,933,121.34

$476,388,230,307.17

Child Mortality

39 per 1k births

20 per 1k births

Total CO2 Emissions

26.06 Mt CO2e

430.82 Mt CO2e

0.03 per 100k people

0.39 per 100k people

Population

7.95M

106.69M

Tourism Revenue

$227,000,000

$3,232,000,000

Water Withdrawal

7.3 B m³

81.86 B m³

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Spirits Consumption

Capital Elevation

Inflation Rate

Obesity Rate

Firms with Female Top Manager

Infant Mortality

Protected Land (%)

Teen Birth Rate

Renewable Energy (%)

Merchant Fleet Size

Scientific Publications

Air Passengers

Solar Electricity Share

GDP (Nominal)

Child Mortality

Total CO2 Emissions

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Population

Tourism Revenue

Water Withdrawal

Population Density

Irrigated Land

Military Spending

Broadband Access (%)

Electric Generating Capacity

Railway Length

Water Stress (%)

High-Tech Exports (%)

Electricity Generation

Milk Consumption per Person

Credit Card Ownership

Health Spending Per Capita

Tourist Arrivals

Agricultural Land (%)

Armed Forces Personnel

Doctors (per 1,000)

Current Account Balance (% of GDP)

Mobile Money Accounts

Freedom of Expression Index

Border Neighbors

Political Corruption Index

Youth Unemployment Rate

University Enrollment Rate

Education Spending (% GDP)

Digital Payments Used

Health Spending (% GDP)

GNI Per Capita

Meat Consumption per Person

Coal Electricity Share

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Forest Coverage (%)

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Electricity Carbon Intensity

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Insufficient Physical Activity

Elderly Population (%)

Airports

Beer Consumption

GDP Growth Rate

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Seafood Consumption per Person

Safe Drinking Water (%)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Women's Political Empowerment

Suicide Rate

Alcohol Consumption

Informal Employment Share

Birth Rate

Youth Population (%)

Women in Parliament (%)