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Quality of Life Index™

A composite score for healthcare, safety, the economy, education and living conditions.

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 2026-09-14Coverage 211 countries

Version means the index release date, not a single observation year. Component indicators use their latest available observations, which can refer to different years.

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Vietnam: rank #80 / 211 · score 69.8

211 countries
#CountryRegionScore 0–100
1 Macao Asia 91.5
2 Liechtenstein Europe 91.3
3 Hong Kong Asia 90.4
4 Niue Oceania 89.6
5 Cook Islands Oceania 89.5
6 Norway Europe 87.0
7 Finland Europe 86.9
8 Sweden Europe 86.3
9 Switzerland Europe 85.8
10 Denmark Europe 85.6
11 Netherlands Europe 85.6
12 Andorra Europe 85.0
13 Montserrat Americas 84.6
14 Iceland Europe 84.6
15 Cayman Islands Americas 84.2
16 Japan Asia 84.2
17 Slovenia Europe 84.2
18 Belgium Europe 83.7
19 Ireland Europe 83.6
20 Monaco Europe 83.5
21 New Zealand Oceania 83.5
22 Singapore Asia 83.0
23 Austria Europe 83.0
24 South Korea Asia 82.3
25 Guam Oceania 82.0
26 Germany Europe 81.9
27 United Kingdom Europe 81.6
28 France Europe 81.6
29 Czechia Europe 81.5
30 Australia Oceania 81.1
31 Portugal Europe 80.8
32 Luxembourg Europe 80.8
33 Estonia Europe 80.7
34 Malta Europe 80.7
35 Canada Americas 80.6
36 Cyprus Asia 80.2
37 San Marino Europe 80.2
38 Spain Europe 79.4
39 Slovakia Europe 78.1
40 Croatia Europe 78.0
41 Italy Europe 77.3
42 Belarus Europe 77.2
43 Aruba Americas 76.9
44 United States Americas 76.9
45 Anguilla Americas 76.7
46 Lithuania Europe 76.7
47 Poland Europe 76.6
48 Puerto Rico Americas 76.4
49 Brunei Asia 76.4
50 Latvia Europe 76.2
51 Seychelles Africa 76.0
52 Hungary Europe 75.7
53 Greece Europe 75.6
54 United Arab Emirates Asia 74.9
55 Bermuda Americas 74.8
56 Maldives Asia 74.8
57 Barbados Americas 74.1
58 Montenegro Europe 73.7
59 Greenland Americas 73.4
60 British Virgin Islands Americas 73.2
61 Israel Asia 72.7
62 Antigua and Barbuda Americas 72.6
63 Uruguay Americas 72.6
64 Saint Kitts and Nevis Americas 72.5
65 Moldova Europe 72.5
66 Curaçao Americas 72.3
67 China Asia 72.3
68 Romania Europe 72.2
69 Albania Europe 71.2
70 Serbia Europe 71.2
71 New Caledonia Oceania 71.1
72 Bulgaria Europe 70.7
73 Thailand Asia 70.6
74 Russia Europe 70.4
75 Fiji Oceania 70.3
76 Tonga Oceania 70.2
77 Dominica Americas 70.1
78 Mauritius Africa 69.9
79 Nauru Oceania 69.9
80 Vietnam Asia 69.8
81 Kazakhstan Asia 69.7
82 Bahrain Asia 69.7
83 Chile Americas 69.6
84 Malaysia Asia 69.6
85 Georgia Asia 69.5
86 Cuba Americas 69.4
87 Costa Rica Americas 69.3
88 Qatar Asia 69.3
89 Saudi Arabia Asia 68.8
90 Bhutan Asia 68.5
91 Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe 68.2
92 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Americas 68.0
93 North Macedonia Europe 68.0
94 Palau Oceania 67.8
95 Armenia Asia 67.7
96 Oman Asia 67.6
97 Ukraine Europe 67.5
98 Bahamas Americas 67.3
99 Kuwait Asia 67.3
100 Kiribati Oceania 67.1
101 Uzbekistan Asia 66.4
102 Kyrgyzstan Asia 66.1
103 Argentina Americas 66.0
104 Marshall Islands Oceania 65.8
105 French Polynesia Oceania 65.8
106 Tuvalu Oceania 65.7
107 Grenada Americas 65.6
108 Azerbaijan Asia 65.2
109 Indonesia Asia 64.9
110 Samoa Oceania 64.5
111 Panama Americas 64.0
112 Peru Americas 64.0
113 Micronesia Oceania 64.0
114 Brazil Americas 63.9
115 Turkey Asia 63.9
116 Mongolia Asia 63.7
117 Turks and Caicos Islands Americas 63.6
118 Suriname Americas 63.5
119 Trinidad and Tobago Americas 63.3
120 Paraguay Americas 63.1
121 Saint Lucia Americas 62.6
122 Dominican Republic Americas 62.4
123 Cape Verde Africa 62.3
124 El Salvador Americas 62.0
125 Mexico Americas 61.8
126 North Korea Asia 61.6
127 Jordan Asia 61.4
128 Belize Americas 61.2
129 Timor-Leste Asia 61.2
130 Guyana Americas 61.1
131 Colombia Americas 61.0
132 Philippines Asia 61.0
133 India Asia 60.4
134 Vanuatu Oceania 60.4
135 Bolivia Americas 60.0
136 Algeria Africa 59.8
137 Jamaica Americas 59.8
138 Tunisia Africa 59.6
139 Sri Lanka Asia 59.6
140 Ecuador Americas 59.5
141 Morocco Africa 58.2
142 Egypt Africa 57.9
143 Turkmenistan Asia 57.9
144 Tajikistan Asia 56.4
145 Laos Asia 56.2
146 Cambodia Asia 55.7
147 Nepal Asia 55.6
148 Iran Asia 55.4
149 Nicaragua Americas 55.3
150 Solomon Islands Oceania 55.3
151 Botswana Africa 55.1
152 Libya Africa 55.0
153 Sao Tome and Principe Africa 54.8
154 Venezuela Americas 54.7
155 Gabon Africa 54.2
156 Palestine Asia 54.2
157 Kenya Africa 51.7
158 Senegal Africa 51.3
159 Iraq Asia 51.1
160 Ghana Africa 51.0
161 Comoros Africa 50.9
162 Bangladesh Asia 50.9
163 Guatemala Americas 50.7
164 Honduras Americas 50.5
165 Eswatini Africa 50.4
166 Namibia Africa 50.4
167 Lebanon Asia 50.2
168 South Africa Africa 50.1
169 Myanmar Asia 48.8
170 Côte d’Ivoire Africa 48.6
171 Rwanda Africa 48.0
172 Tanzania Africa 47.8
173 Benin Africa 46.5
174 Gambia Africa 45.7
175 Equatorial Guinea Africa 45.3
176 Zambia Africa 44.8
177 Papua New Guinea Oceania 43.9
178 Malawi Africa 43.6
179 Guinea-Bissau Africa 43.6
180 Liberia Africa 43.5
181 Mauritania Africa 43.5
182 Sierra Leone Africa 43.2
183 Pakistan Asia 42.6
184 Togo Africa 42.5
185 Zimbabwe Africa 42.1
186 Syria Asia 41.9
187 Lesotho Africa 41.5
188 Uganda Africa 41.3
189 Cameroon Africa 40.2
190 Burundi Africa 39.7
191 Mozambique Africa 39.3
192 Guinea Africa 38.9
193 Congo Africa 38.6
194 Burkina Faso Africa 38.2
195 Nigeria Africa 38.1
196 Madagascar Africa 37.6
197 Angola Africa 37.6
198 Djibouti Africa 37.4
199 Ethiopia Africa 36.7
200 Mali Africa 35.6
201 Haiti Americas 33.3
202 Afghanistan Asia 33.0
203 DR Congo Africa 32.0
204 Niger Africa 31.1
205 Yemen Asia 30.1
206 Eritrea Africa 29.7
207 Sudan Africa 27.7
208 Central African Republic Africa 26.4
209 Chad Africa 26.2
210 South Sudan Africa 21.9
211 Somalia Africa 18.0

What this index measures

Why it matters

A summary of the eight quality-of-life pillars on a 0–100 scale, using the published weights.

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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