[Vnbiz] Vietnam Economy Social Indicator & Living STandards

[Craig Stevenson]

Vietnam economy: Social indicators & living standards
   September 12th 2006
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FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT

  Social indicators and living standards   2005   2010     Vietnam Asia &
Australasia (av) Vietnam Asia & Australasia (av) Health Healthcare spending
(% of GDP) 5.3 6.6 6.0 6.9 Healthcare spending (US$ per head) 34 210
58 289 Infant
mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) 29.0 36.1 24.7 30.5 Physicians (per
1,000 population) 0.5 1.6 0.5 1.6 Food and beverages Food, beverages &
tobacco (% of household spending) 28.0 23.0 25.6 22.5 Meat consumption (kg
per person) 32.9 49.7 39.6 54.4 Milk consumption (litres per person) 11.9
68.9 15.2 66.7 Alcoholic drinks, sales volume (litres per person) 16.2 12.0
20.4 12.8 Coffee & tea consumption (kg per person) 0.8 3.0 1.4 2.8 Consumer
goods in use (per 1,000 population) Telephone main lines 68 174 99 226
Mobile-phone
subscribers 101 245 254 344 Television sets 254 549 348 624 Personal
computers 30 359 69 411 Retail sales volume (per 1,000 population) Video
recorders 1.3 4.2 0.7 3.2 Washing machines 0.9 7.7 1.5 10.9 Households No.
of households (m) 25.0 784.4 28.6 849.0 No. of people per household (av) 3.3
4.1 3.1 4.0 Income and income distribution Median household income (US$)
1,102 31,166 1,469 31,753 Gini coefficient 36.1a 37.8a – – Share of
household income (%):          lowest 20% 8.0a 6.9a – –  highest 20% 44.5a
45.3a – –  highest 10% 29.9a 29.9a – –  top 20%/bottom 20% ratio 5.6a 7.2a –
– a Latest available year. Sources: UN Statistical Office; World Bank; Food
and Agriculture Organisation (FAO); Euromonitor; World Health Organisation
(WHO); national statistical offices; Pyramid Research; Economist
Intelligence Unit estimates and forecasts.
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