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Quality of Life Index™

Quality of life: income, environment, infrastructure, stability.

Source UNDP Human Development Report + UN SDG Global Database + World Bank WGI (CC-BY). The Health, Safety and Education pillars take their scores directly from the Healthcare, Global Safety and Education indices.Version 2026-08-27Coverage 210 countries

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Vietnam: rank #76 / 210 · score 69.9

210 countries
#CountryRegionScore 0–100
1 Macao Asia 91.6
2 Liechtenstein Europe 91.6
3 Hong Kong Asia 89.9
4 Niue Oceania 89.6
5 Cook Islands Oceania 89.5
6 Norway Europe 87.2
7 Finland Europe 87.0
8 Sweden Europe 86.2
9 Switzerland Europe 85.8
10 Denmark Europe 85.6
11 Netherlands Europe 85.6
12 Andorra Europe 84.9
13 Cayman Islands Americas 84.7
14 Montserrat Americas 84.6
15 Iceland Europe 84.5
16 Slovenia Europe 84.2
17 Ireland Europe 84.1
18 Japan Asia 84.0
19 New Zealand Oceania 83.9
20 Belgium Europe 83.7
21 Monaco Europe 83.5
22 Singapore Asia 83.1
23 Austria Europe 83.1
24 South Korea Asia 82.4
25 Guam Oceania 82.0
26 Germany Europe 81.9
27 United Kingdom Europe 81.4
28 France Europe 81.4
29 Australia Oceania 81.3
30 Czechia Europe 81.2
31 San Marino Europe 80.9
32 Estonia Europe 80.8
33 Malta Europe 80.8
34 Luxembourg Europe 80.8
35 Portugal Europe 80.7
36 Canada Americas 80.6
37 Cyprus Asia 80.3
38 Spain Europe 78.9
39 Slovakia Europe 78.2
40 Croatia Europe 77.9
41 Aruba Americas 77.4
42 Belarus Europe 77.1
43 Italy Europe 77.1
44 United States Americas 76.9
45 Lithuania Europe 76.9
46 Anguilla Americas 76.7
47 Poland Europe 76.6
48 Brunei Asia 76.3
49 Puerto Rico Americas 76.2
50 Latvia Europe 76.0
51 Hungary Europe 75.6
52 Greece Europe 75.3
53 United Arab Emirates Asia 75.1
54 Seychelles Africa 75.0
55 Bermuda Americas 74.8
56 Maldives Asia 74.7
57 Greenland Americas 73.4
58 Montenegro Europe 73.4
59 Barbados Americas 73.2
60 British Virgin Islands Americas 73.2
61 Israel Asia 73.0
62 China Asia 72.5
63 Curaçao Americas 72.4
64 Romania Europe 72.4
65 Antigua and Barbuda Americas 72.3
66 Moldova Europe 72.1
67 Uruguay Americas 72.0
68 Serbia Europe 71.4
69 Saint Kitts and Nevis Americas 71.2
70 Albania Europe 71.2
71 New Caledonia Oceania 70.7
72 Bulgaria Europe 70.6
73 Russia Europe 70.5
74 Tonga Oceania 70.3
75 Thailand Asia 70.2
76 Vietnam Asia 69.9
77 Cuba Americas 69.8
78 Fiji Oceania 69.7
79 Malaysia Asia 69.5
80 Chile Americas 69.4
81 Kazakhstan Asia 69.4
82 Mauritius Africa 69.3
83 Dominica Americas 69.3
84 Bahrain Asia 69.3
85 Georgia Asia 69.3
86 Qatar Asia 69.2
87 Costa Rica Americas 69.0
88 Saudi Arabia Asia 68.7
89 Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe 68.3
90 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Americas 67.8
91 North Macedonia Europe 67.8
92 Bahamas Americas 67.7
93 Bhutan Asia 67.7
94 Armenia Asia 67.7
95 Oman Asia 67.2
96 Kuwait Asia 67.1
97 Ukraine Europe 67.1
98 Kiribati Oceania 67.1
99 Palau Oceania 66.8
100 French Polynesia Oceania 66.8
101 Tuvalu Oceania 66.8
102 Nauru Oceania 66.3
103 Marshall Islands Oceania 66.1
104 Kyrgyzstan Asia 65.9
105 Uzbekistan Asia 65.9
106 Argentina Americas 65.4
107 Azerbaijan Asia 65.1
108 Grenada Americas 64.6
109 Indonesia Asia 64.6
110 Samoa Oceania 64.5
111 Turkey Asia 64.1
112 Brazil Americas 63.7
113 Micronesia Oceania 63.7
114 Turks and Caicos Islands Americas 63.6
115 Mongolia Asia 63.6
116 Peru Americas 63.5
117 Panama Americas 63.4
118 Trinidad and Tobago Americas 63.0
119 Paraguay Americas 62.8
120 Suriname Americas 62.6
121 Timor-Leste Asia 62.2
122 Dominican Republic Americas 62.1
123 Saint Lucia Americas 62.0
124 El Salvador Americas 61.7
125 Guyana Americas 61.7
126 Cape Verde Africa 61.5
127 Mexico Americas 61.5
128 Jordan Asia 61.4
129 Belize Americas 60.8
130 Colombia Americas 60.7
131 Philippines Asia 60.6
132 Bolivia Americas 60.3
133 India Asia 59.8
134 Vanuatu Oceania 59.8
135 Algeria Africa 59.7
136 Jamaica Americas 59.5
137 Tunisia Africa 59.0
138 Sri Lanka Asia 58.9
139 Ecuador Americas 58.8
140 Turkmenistan Asia 58.5
141 Egypt Africa 58.2
142 Morocco Africa 57.8
143 Tajikistan Asia 56.3
144 Laos Asia 56.2
145 Iran Asia 56.1
146 Cambodia Asia 55.6
147 Nepal Asia 55.3
148 Nicaragua Americas 55.2
149 Sao Tome and Principe Africa 55.0
150 Solomon Islands Oceania 55.0
151 Botswana Africa 54.8
152 Gabon Africa 54.1
153 Libya Africa 53.8
154 Venezuela Americas 53.7
155 Palestine Asia 53.3
156 Kenya Africa 51.7
157 Bangladesh Asia 51.3
158 Ghana Africa 51.0
159 Senegal Africa 51.0
160 Comoros Africa 50.8
161 Guatemala Americas 50.8
162 Iraq Asia 50.7
163 Honduras Americas 50.2
164 Lebanon Asia 50.2
165 Namibia Africa 50.1
166 Eswatini Africa 50.0
167 South Africa Africa 49.7
168 Côte d’Ivoire Africa 48.5
169 Myanmar Asia 48.2
170 Tanzania Africa 47.7
171 Rwanda Africa 47.6
172 Benin Africa 46.7
173 Gambia Africa 45.7
174 Equatorial Guinea Africa 45.3
175 Zambia Africa 44.7
176 Malawi Africa 43.7
177 Guinea-Bissau Africa 43.7
178 Mauritania Africa 43.5
179 Liberia Africa 43.1
180 Sierra Leone Africa 43.1
181 Papua New Guinea Oceania 42.9
182 Togo Africa 42.6
183 Pakistan Asia 42.4
184 Syria Asia 41.9
185 Zimbabwe Africa 41.5
186 Uganda Africa 41.4
187 Lesotho Africa 41.0
188 Cameroon Africa 40.3
189 Burundi Africa 40.1
190 Mozambique Africa 39.4
191 Guinea Africa 38.9
192 Congo Africa 38.2
193 Burkina Faso Africa 37.8
194 Nigeria Africa 37.7
195 Djibouti Africa 37.6
196 Madagascar Africa 37.3
197 Angola Africa 37.2
198 Ethiopia Africa 36.8
199 Mali Africa 35.7
200 Haiti Americas 33.1
201 Afghanistan Asia 32.5
202 DR Congo Africa 32.2
203 Niger Africa 30.9
204 Eritrea Africa 30.2
205 Yemen Asia 30.1
206 Sudan Africa 27.6
207 Central African Republic Africa 26.3
208 Chad Africa 25.8
209 South Sudan Africa 21.9
210 Somalia Africa 18.0

What this index measures

Why it matters

Measuring living standards with evidence rather than impressions, on the same scale as every other index.

Method

Min–max normalised to a scale of 0–100 against the same country list (ISO 3166-1), source: UNDP Human Development Report + UN SDG Global Database + World Bank WGI (CC-BY). The Health, Safety and Education pillars take their scores directly from the Healthcare, Global Safety and Education indices.. See Methodology.

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