Italy vs Viet Nam: Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita
Italy
0.0034 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2025
Viet Nam
0.0059 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2026
Italy rank
125th
Viet Nam rank
122nd
Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita over time
- Italy
- Viet Nam
How they compare
Viet Nam currently reports 0.0059 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.0034 deaths per 100,000 people in Italy, a difference of 0.0025 deaths per 100,000 people.
That makes Viet Nam's figure about 1.7 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1953 it was Viet Nam ahead.
Italy ranks 125th and Viet Nam ranks 122nd of 196 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 2 and Viet Nam in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Viet Nam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.2109 deaths per 100,000 people | 3.74 deaths per 100,000 people | 3.53 deaths per 100,000 people | Viet Nam |
| 1960s | 0.1348 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0815 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0533 deaths per 100,000 people | Italy |
| 1970s | 0.0595 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.2612 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.2017 deaths per 100,000 people | Viet Nam |
| 1980s | 1.31 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.7463 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.562 deaths per 100,000 people | Italy |
| 1990s | 0.0639 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.08 deaths per 100,000 people | Viet Nam |
| 2000s | 0.0838 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.4268 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.343 deaths per 100,000 people | Viet Nam |
| 2010s | 0.0757 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1486 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0729 deaths per 100,000 people | Viet Nam |
| 2020s | 0.0252 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1785 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1533 deaths per 100,000 people | Viet Nam |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita, Italy or Viet Nam?
- Viet Nam, at 0.0059 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.0034 deaths per 100,000 people in Italy as of 2026.
- What is the difference in deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita between Italy and Viet Nam?
- 0.0025 deaths per 100,000 people, with Viet Nam ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Viet Nam?
- 48 years are reported by both, from 1953 to 2025.
- How do Italy and Viet Nam rank globally for deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita?
- Italy ranks 125th and Viet Nam ranks 122nd of 196 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- EM-DAT, CRED / UCLouvain (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate per 100,000 people as a result of a natural disaster.