Viet Nam · Life Expectancy at Birth (WHO)
73.8 years2021
Unit: years. Publisher measure: Life expectancy at birth (years).
Life expectancy at birth for the country population, both sexes, under the mortality rates of the reference year.
Measurement basis: WHO modelled period life-table estimates based on sex- and age-specific mortality.
Reference-period cadence: annual.
Source update cadence: biennial. This does not establish a publication date for an individual reading.
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A “<” sign means strictly below the stated number. Numeric readings and uncertainty endpoints keep their own comparison signs. A number without a sign does not establish certainty or an observed outcome.
World Health Organization (Global Health Observatory); retrieved 2026-09-07. Retrieval time is separate from an official publisher release vintage.
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Reported estimates and uncertainty · 22 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viet Nam | 2000 | 71.87399979 | 71.40609836 | 72.46877463 | — |
| Viet Nam | 2001 | 71.97988323 | 71.46666358 | 72.49483069 | — |
| Viet Nam | 2002 | 72.06004934 | 71.64905147 | 72.59279258 | — |
| Viet Nam | 2003 | 72.11217075 | 71.70780926 | 72.59777127 | — |
| Viet Nam | 2004 | 72.15340395 | 71.76249231 | 72.61645678 | — |
| Viet Nam | 2005 | 72.17650018 | 71.77311776 | 72.68757336 | — |
| Viet Nam | 2006 | 72.23737668 | 71.8220942 | 72.6996147 | — |
| Viet Nam | 2007 | 72.30106944 | 71.91617033 | 72.68090613 | — |
| Viet Nam | 2008 | 72.35184572 | 71.91878787 | 72.82963811 | — |
| Viet Nam | 2009 | 72.41132963 | 72.10115029 | 72.92729917 | — |
| Viet Nam | 2010 | 72.48813081 | 72.14636124 | 72.94962721 | — |
| Viet Nam | 2011 | 72.61270345 | 72.22816218 | 73.0626479 | — |
| Viet Nam | 2012 | 72.74028809 | 72.33362925 | 73.22928054 | — |
| Viet Nam | 2013 | 72.83984641 | 72.4449672 | 73.36236337 | — |
| Viet Nam | 2014 | 72.95094965 | 72.49177515 | 73.41020194 | — |
| Viet Nam | 2015 | 73.03125783 | 72.65322255 | 73.57947327 | — |
| Viet Nam | 2016 | 73.21381033 | 72.69103946 | 73.77538769 | — |
| Viet Nam | 2017 | 73.40138207 | 72.88653475 | 74.00425755 | — |
| Viet Nam | 2018 | 73.56096825 | 73.0755363 | 74.2647922 | — |
| Viet Nam | 2019 | 73.71007094 | 73.16584008 | 74.38405488 | — |
| Viet Nam | 2020 | 74.77582966 | 74.25390143 | 75.41123127 | — |
| Viet Nam | 2021 | 73.7965773 | 73.15081778 | 74.44738101 | — |
One row per country, indicator and year, with raw values, source links and reuse notices. Thresholds have an empty numeric value and separate number/operator fields; value_kind distinguishes upper bounds from absent readings.