Which has higher number of youth deaths, United States of America or Viet Nam?

United States of America, at 29,856 deaths against 28,357 deaths in Viet Nam as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of youth deaths between United States of America and Viet Nam?

1,499 deaths, with United States of America ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for United States of America and Viet Nam?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of youth deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

United States of America vs Viet Nam: Number of youth deaths

United States of America

29,856 deaths

in 2024

Viet Nam

28,357 deaths

in 2024

United States of America rank

39th

Viet Nam rank

41st

Number of youth deaths over time

United States of America
Viet Nam

How they compare

United States of America currently reports 29,856 deaths against 28,357 deaths in Viet Nam, a difference of 1,499 deaths.

That makes United States of America's figure about 1.1 times Viet Nam's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Viet Nam ahead.

United States of America ranks 39th and Viet Nam ranks 41st of 199 countries.

Viet Nam has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	United States of America	Viet Nam	Difference	Ahead
1990s	46,969 deaths	84,819 deaths	37,850 deaths	Viet Nam
2000s	38,634 deaths	45,110 deaths	6,476 deaths	Viet Nam
2010s	32,514 deaths	39,302 deaths	6,789 deaths	Viet Nam
2020s	30,052 deaths	31,285 deaths	1,232 deaths	Viet Nam

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of youth deaths, United States of America or Viet Nam?: United States of America, at 29,856 deaths against 28,357 deaths in Viet Nam as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of youth deaths between United States of America and Viet Nam?: 1,499 deaths, with United States of America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for United States of America and Viet Nam?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do United States of America and Viet Nam rank globally for number of youth deaths?: United States of America ranks 39th and Viet Nam ranks 41st of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of youth deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of youth deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 6,965 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years.