United States vs Vietnam: Number of people spending more than 10% of household consumption or

United States
15,100,000.0%
in 2013
Vietnam
8,903,000.0%
in 2014
United States rank
1st
Vietnam rank
4th

Number of people spending more than 10% of household consumption or over time

  • United States
  • Vietnam
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M199220032014

How they compare

United States currently reports 15,100,000.0% against 8,903,000.0% in Vietnam, a difference of 6,197,000.0%.

That makes United States's figure about 1.7 times Vietnam's.

Across all 7 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.

United States ranks 1st and Vietnam ranks 4th of 36 countries.

United States has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade United States Vietnam Difference Ahead
1990s 18,700,000.0% 10,600,000.0% 8,100,000.0% United States
2000s 16,150,000.0% 11,850,000.0% 4,300,000.0% United States
2010s 15,200,000.0% 11,100,000.0% 4,100,000.0% United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of people spending more than 10% of household consumption or, United States or Vietnam?
United States, at 15,100,000.0% against 8,903,000.0% in Vietnam as of 2013.
What is the difference in number of people spending more than 10% of household consumption or between United States and Vietnam?
6,197,000.0%, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for United States and Vietnam?
7 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2012.
How do United States and Vietnam rank globally for number of people spending more than 10% of household consumption or?
United States ranks 1st and Vietnam ranks 4th of 36 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Global Health Observatory. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2023. (https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/financial-protection), published as Number of people spending more than 10% of household consumption or income on out-of-pocket health care expenditure. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

United States vs Vietnam: Number of people spending more than 10% of household consumption or. Statizoid, drawing on Global Health Observatory. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2023. (https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/financial-protection). Retrieved 19 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-people-spending-more-than-10-percent-of-household-consumption-or-income-on-out/united-states/viet-nam/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-people-spending-more-than-10-percent-of-household-consumption-or-income-on-out/united-states/viet-nam/">United States vs Vietnam: Number of people spending more than 10% of household consumption or</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Number of people spending more than 10% of household consumption or income on out-of-pocket health care expenditure
Source
Global Health Observatory. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2023. (https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/financial-protection)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
36 places, 349 data points, 1984–2015
Last refreshed

Number of people spending more than 10% of household consumption or income on out-of-pocket health care expenditure. Out-of-pocket health expenditure is defined as any spending incurred by a household when any member uses a health good or service to receive any type of care (preventive, curative, rehabilitative, long-term or palliative care); provided by any type of provider; for any type of disease, illness or health condition; in any type of setting (outpatient, inpatient, at home).