Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Vietnam instead of Trinidad and Tobago, you would:
Health
be 88.7% less likely to be obese
In Trinidad and Tobago, 18.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Vietnam, that number is 2.1% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 62.0% less likely to be unemployed
In Trinidad and Tobago, 4.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Vietnam, that number is 1.6% as of 2023.
be 76.0% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Trinidad and Tobago, 20.0% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Vietnam, however, that number is 4.8% as of 2020.
make 51.9% less money
Trinidad and Tobago has a GDP per capita of $28,500 as of 2023, while in Vietnam, the GDP per capita is $13,700 as of 2023.
pay a 40.0% higher top tax rate
Trinidad and Tobago has a top tax rate of 25.0% as of 2016. In Vietnam, the top tax rate is 35.0% as of 2016.
Life
have 41.9% more children
In Trinidad and Tobago, there are approximately 10.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Vietnam, there are 14.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 4.6 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Trinidad and Tobago, approximately 27.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Vietnam, 124.0 women do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 35.6% less on healthcare
Trinidad and Tobago spends 7.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Vietnam, that number is 4.7% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 9.5 times more coastline
Trinidad and Tobago has a total of 362 km of coastline. In Vietnam, that number is 3,444 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Inland Revenue Division, General Department Of Taxation - Ministry Of Finance.
Vietnam: At a glance
How big is Vietnam compared to Trinidad and Tobago? See an in-depth size comparison.