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Life expectancy in Vietnam

Vietnam: Life expectancy was 74.59 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
74.59 years
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
125th
of 236 countries
All-time high
75.38 years
in 2020
All-time low
48.04 years
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Life expectancy in Vietnam, 1950–2023

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Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for life expectancy in Vietnam is 74.59 years, measured in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Vietnam peaked at 75.38 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 48.04 years, in 1950.

Vietnam ranks 125th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Life expectancy in Vietnam, year by year

Year years Change
1950 48.04 years —
1951 48.7 years +1.4%
1952 49.38 years +1.4%
1953 49.96 years +1.2%
1954 52 years +4.1%
1955 54.83 years +5.4%
1956 55.53 years +1.3%
1957 56.17 years +1.1%
1958 56.8 years +1.1%
1959 57.4 years +1.1%
1960 58.05 years +1.1%
1961 58.46 years +0.7%
1962 58.2 years -0.4%
1963 56.9 years -2.2%
1964 57.47 years +1.0%
1965 56.97 years -0.9%
1966 56.91 years -0.1%
1967 56.74 years -0.3%
1968 52.67 years -7.2%
1969 54.79 years +4.0%
1970 54.93 years +0.3%
1971 55.58 years +1.2%
1972 51.91 years -6.6%
1973 55.68 years +7.2%
1974 54.75 years -1.7%
1975 61.87 years +13.0%
1976 63.67 years +2.9%
1977 64.07 years +0.6%
1978 64.53 years +0.7%
1979 64.99 years +0.7%
1980 65.34 years +0.5%
1981 65.78 years +0.7%
1982 66.21 years +0.7%
1983 66.54 years +0.5%
1984 66.93 years +0.6%
1985 67.19 years +0.4%
1986 67.55 years +0.5%
1987 68 years +0.7%
1988 68.58 years +0.9%
1989 68.81 years +0.3%
1990 69.03 years +0.3%
1991 69.3 years +0.4%
1992 69.62 years +0.5%
1993 69.96 years +0.5%
1994 70.38 years +0.6%
1995 70.87 years +0.7%
1996 71.3 years +0.6%
1997 71.67 years +0.5%
1998 72.28 years +0.9%
1999 72.58 years +0.4%
2000 72.75 years +0.2%
2001 72.98 years +0.3%
2002 73.14 years +0.2%
2003 73.24 years +0.1%
2004 73.06 years -0.2%
2005 73.2 years +0.2%
2006 73.29 years +0.1%
2007 73.39 years +0.1%
2008 73.45 years +0.1%
2009 73.53 years +0.1%
2010 73.61 years +0.1%
2011 73.71 years +0.1%
2012 73.76 years +0.1%
2013 73.82 years +0.1%
2014 73.89 years +0.1%
2015 73.96 years +0.1%
2016 73.98 years +0.0%
2017 74.03 years +0.1%
2018 74.1 years +0.1%
2019 74.21 years +0.1%
2020 75.38 years +1.6%
2021 74.14 years -1.6%
2022 74.5 years +0.5%
2023 74.59 years +0.1%

Vietnam compared with similar countries

  • Vietnam's 74.59 years is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 74.42 years, 1.0× the median. (58 countries reporting)
  • Vietnam's 74.59 years is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 72.85 years, 1.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 52.88 years 48.04 years 57.4 years 10
1960s 56.72 years 52.67 years 58.46 years 10
1970s 59.2 years 51.91 years 64.99 years 10
1980s 67.09 years 65.34 years 68.81 years 10
1990s 70.7 years 69.03 years 72.58 years 10
2000s 73.2 years 72.75 years 73.53 years 10
2010s 73.91 years 73.61 years 74.21 years 10
2020s 74.65 years 74.14 years 75.38 years 4

Countries ranked near Vietnam

  1. 122 Nicaragua 74.95 years compare
  2. 123 Mauritius 74.93 years compare
  3. 124 Bangladesh 74.67 years compare
  4. 126 Bahamas 74.55 years compare
  5. 127 Georgia 74.5 years compare
  6. 128 Belarus 74.43 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Vietnam?
Life expectancy in Vietnam was 74.59 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Vietnam?
The highest recorded value was 75.38 years in 2020.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Vietnam?
The lowest recorded value was 48.04 years in 1950.
How does Vietnam rank for life expectancy?
Vietnam ranks 125th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Vietnam?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Vietnam data come from?
The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Life expectancy
Unit
years
Source
Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
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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.