Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Vietnam instead of Mauritius, you would:
Health
be 82.4% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Mauritius, 1.7% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Vietnam, that number is 0.3% of people as of 2020.
be 80.6% less likely to be obese
In Mauritius, 10.8% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Vietnam, that number is 2.1% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 73.6% less likely to be unemployed
In Mauritius, 6.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Vietnam, that number is 1.6% as of 2023.
be 53.4% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Mauritius, 10.3% live below the poverty line as of 2017. In Vietnam, however, that number is 4.8% as of 2020.
make 48.5% less money
Mauritius has a GDP per capita of $26,600 as of 2023, while in Vietnam, the GDP per capita is $13,700 as of 2023.
pay a 2.3 times higher top tax rate
Mauritius has a top tax rate of 15.0% as of 2016. In Vietnam, the top tax rate is 35.0% as of 2016.
Life
have 52.0% more children
In Mauritius, there are approximately 9.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Vietnam, there are 14.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 47.6% more likely to die during childbirth
In Mauritius, approximately 84.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Vietnam, 124.0 women do as of 2020.
be 22.1% more likely to die during infancy
In Mauritius, approximately 12.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Vietnam, on the other hand, 14.8 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 16.3% less on education
Mauritius spends 4.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Vietnam spends 4.1% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 29.9% less on healthcare
Mauritius spends 6.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Vietnam, that number is 4.7% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 19.5 times more coastline
Mauritius has a total of 177 km of coastline. In Vietnam, that number is 3,444 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Mauritius Revenue Authority, The World Factbook, General Department Of Taxation - Ministry Of Finance.
Vietnam: At a glance
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