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POVERTY and SOCIAL Asia & Low-
Development diamond*
Vietnam Pacific income
2008
Population, mid-year (millions) 86.2 1,931 973
Life expectancy
GNI per capita (Atlas method, US$) 890 2,631 524
GNI (Atlas method, US$ billions) 76.6 5,081 510
Average annual growth, 2002-08
Population (%) 1.3 0.8 2.1
GNI Gross
Labor force (%) 2.2 1.2 2.7
per primary
Most recent estimate (latest year available, 2002-08) capita enrollment
Poverty (% of population below national poverty line) 29 .. ..
Urban population (% of total population) 26 44 29
Life expectancy at birth (years) 74 72 59
Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births) 12 22 78
Child malnutrition (% of children under 5) 20 13 28 Access to improved water source
Access to an improved water source (% of population) 92 87 67
Literacy (% of population age 15+) .. 93 64
Gross primary enrollment (% of school-age population) 102 111 98
Vietnam Low-income group
Male 105 112 102
Female 99 110 95
TRADE
1988 1998 2007 2008
Export and import levels (US$ mill.)
(US$ millions)
Total exports (fob) 733 9,360 48,561 62,685 80,000
Rice .. 884 1,490 2,894
Fuel .. 1,410 8,488 10,357 60,000
Manufactures .. 4,350 26,783 33,953
40,000
Total imports (cif) 1,412 11,500 62,682 80,713
Food .. 1 3 7 20,000
Fuel and energy .. 946 7,710 1,097
Capital goods .. 3,513 17,350 2,268 0
02 03 04 05 06 07 08
Export price index (2000=100) .. 97 151 174
Import price index (2000=100) .. 107 131 152 Exports Imports
Terms of trade (2000=100) .. 90 115 114
BALANCE of PAYMENTS
1988 1998 2007 2008
Current account balance to GDP (%)
(US$ millions)
Exports of goods and services .. 11,965 54,591 69,781 0
Imports of goods and services .. 13,481 65,845 83,398 02 03 04 05 06 07 08
-3
Resource balance .. -1,516 -11,254 -13,617
-6
Net income .. -668 -2,168 -4,400
Net current transfers 17 1,123 6,430 7,312 -9
Note: This table was produced from the Development Economics LDB database. 12/9/09