Viet Nam

 
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Viet Nam
RegionAsia-Pacific
GDP631.39[PPP 2011$ billions]
GDP per capita6608.62[$]
Population95.54[millions]
Urbanization37.34[%]
Land Area330215.38[sq. km]

Country Scorecard

Component Rank EPI Score 10-Year Change
EPI 141 33.4 5.4
Health 98 40.6 4
Air Quality 115 32 4.5
PM2.5 104 36.6 3.8
Household solid fuels 113 24.9 5.5
Ozone 106 38.7 5.3
Sanitation & Drinking Water 74 52.7 3.7
Sanitation 76 55.7 5.5
Drinking water 64 50.7 2.4
Heavy Metals 92 47.8 5.2
Lead 92 47.8 5.2
Waste Management 95 22.8 -
Solid waste 95 22.8 -
Ecosystem Vitality 176 28.5 6.3
Biodiversity 150 33.3 1.7
Terrestrial biomes (nat'l) 130 43.9 11.1
Terrestrial biomes (global) 148 28 6.5
Marine protected areas 74 3.8 0.3
Protected Areas Rep. Ind. 107 25 18.6
Species Habitat Index 146 39.4 -50.4
Species Protection Index 108 66.6 12.7
Biodiversity Habitat Index 101 50.8 0.2
Ecosystem Services 166 16.4 -12.9
Tree cover loss 157 14.1 -13.6
Grassland loss 146 39.7 6.3
Wetland loss 137 35.5 -17.9
Fisheries 52 14.6 -2.7
Fish Stock Status 3 35.3 -6
Marine Trophic Index 120 4.6 -
Fish caught by trawling 66 2.1 -2.1
Climate Change 155 30.7 15.8
CO2 growth rate 148 20.6 20.6
CH4 growth rate 121 54.4 17.4
F-gas growth rate - - -
N2O growth rate 140 36.8 -12
Black Carbon growth rate 107 46.3 19.2
CO2 from land cover 155 8.1 -
GHG intensity trend 99 45.6 2.9
GHG per capita 84 59 -10.7
Pollution Emissions 121 45.7 23.7
SO2 growth rate 122 51.5 31.8
NOx growth rate 125 40 15.7
Agriculture 52 50.3 -1
Sustainable N Mgmt Index 52 50.3 -1
Water Resources 119 0.3 -
Wastewater treatment 119 0.3 -

Peer Comparisons

EPI Scores for this country and peers based on similar characteristics

EPI Performance
Mozambique 33.9
Eswatini 33.8
Rwanda 33.8
Cambodia 33.6
Cameroon 33.6
Viet Nam 33.4
Pakistan 33.1
Micronesia 33
Cabo Verde 32.8
Nepal 32.7
GDP per capita
Moldova 44.4
Bolivia 44.3
El Salvador 43.1
Samoa 37.3
Timor-Leste 35.3
Laos 34.8
Viet Nam 33.4
Cabo Verde 32.8
India 27.6
Myanmar 25.1
Issue Performance
Philippines 38.4
China 37.3
Rwanda 33.8
Cambodia 33.6
Viet Nam 33.4
Comoros 32.1
Guatemala 31.8
Madagascar 26.5
Sierra Leone 25.7
Myanmar 25.1
Regulatory Quality
Tunisia 46.7
Azerbaijan 46.5
Lebanon 45.4
Tonga 45.1
Kyrgyzstan 39.8
Bhutan 39.3
Burkina Faso 38.3
Zambia 34.7
Viet Nam 33.4
Benin 30
Voice & Accountability
Belarus 53
Bahrain 51
Venezuela 50.3
Cuba 48.4
Azerbaijan 46.5
China 37.3
Dem. Rep. Congo 36.4
Viet Nam 33.4
Djibouti 28.1
Chad 26.7
Political Stability
France 80
Spain 74.3
Kuwait 53.6
Malaysia 47.9
Trinidad and Tobago 47.5
Panama 47.3
Timor-Leste 35.3
Zambia 34.7
Rwanda 33.8
Viet Nam 33.4
Asia-Pacific
China 37.3
Timor-Leste 35.3
Laos 34.8
Fiji 34.4
Cambodia 33.6
Viet Nam 33.4
Micronesia 33
Papua New Guinea 32.4
Mongolia 32.2
Marshall Islands 30.8
Francophonie
Laos 34.8
Rwanda 33.8
Cameroon 33.6
Cambodia 33.6
Viet Nam 33.4
Cabo Verde 32.8
Comoros 32.1
Republic of Congo 30.8
Niger 30.8
Senegal 30.7
Ease of Doing Business Index
Colombia 52.9
Costa Rica 52.5
Ukraine 49.5
Jamaica 48.2
Uzbekistan 44.3
Peru 44
Oman 38.5
Indonesia 37.8
Viet Nam 33.4
Mongolia 32.2
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EPI Report Year: 
2020
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