Bangladesh vs Vietnam: Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita (Riley; Zijdeman)
Bangladesh
74.67 years
in 2023
Vietnam
74.59 years
in 2023
Bangladesh rank
124th
Vietnam rank
125th
Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita (Riley; Zijdeman) over time
- Bangladesh
- Vietnam
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 74.67 years against 74.59 years in Vietnam, a difference of 0.08 years.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Vietnam ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 124th and Vietnam ranks 125th of 236 countries.
Vietnam has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Vietnam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 40.63 years | 52.88 years | 12.26 years | Vietnam |
| 1960s | 46.59 years | 56.72 years | 10.12 years | Vietnam |
| 1970s | 47.47 years | 59.2 years | 11.72 years | Vietnam |
| 1980s | 53.93 years | 67.09 years | 13.16 years | Vietnam |
| 1990s | 57.94 years | 70.7 years | 12.75 years | Vietnam |
| 2000s | 65.03 years | 73.2 years | 8.18 years | Vietnam |
| 2010s | 70.3 years | 73.91 years | 3.61 years | Vietnam |
| 2020s | 72.87 years | 74.65 years | 1.79 years | Vietnam |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher life expectancy vs. gdp per capita, Bangladesh or Vietnam?
- Bangladesh, at 74.67 years against 74.59 years in Vietnam as of 2023.
- What is the difference in life expectancy vs. gdp per capita between Bangladesh and Vietnam?
- 0.08 years, with Bangladesh ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Vietnam?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Bangladesh and Vietnam rank globally for life expectancy vs. gdp per capita?
- Bangladesh ranks 124th and Vietnam ranks 125th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy 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
Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.