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Topic 12 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Vietnam: Mobility & Trade
How connected is a country to the rest of the world?
Vietnam is placed 29th of 177 countries on mobility & trade in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 463.83 (2025); Container Import Dwell Time 3.6 (2024).
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29th
of 177 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Vietnam on mobility & trade — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
463.83
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)
Higher is better
Ranked 6th of 177 by UNCTAD
Vietnam: 463.83. Across the 168 countries in this edition, values run from 4.13 (Turks and Caicos Islands) to 1,313 (China); the world median is 60.84.
- World median
- 60.84
- Best in South-eastern Asia
- 625.94 Singapore
- Land neighbours
- China 1,313 · Cambodia 60.22
3.6
Median days a full import container waits in port
Lower is better
Vietnam: 3.6. Across the 156 countries in this edition, values run from 1 (Gibraltar) to 21.6 (Haiti); the world median is 4.4.
- World median
- 4.4
- Best in South-eastern Asia
- 1.1 Brunei
- Land neighbours
- China 4 · Cambodia 3.3
3.3
LPI score (1–5)
Higher is better
Ranked 43rd of 139 by World Bank Group
Vietnam: 3.3. Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 1.9 (Afghanistan) to 4.3 (Singapore); the world median is 2.9.
- World median
- 2.9
- Best in South-eastern Asia
- 4.3 Singapore
- Land neighbours
- China 3.7 · Cambodia 2.4 · Laos 2.4
Key 4 of 4
ICT Goods Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
No reading
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Higher is better
UNCTAD publishes no 2024 figure for Vietnam, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 120 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 61.45 (Hong Kong); the world median is 0.975.
- World median
- 0.975
- Best in South-eastern Asia
- 43.57 Philippines
- Land neighbours
- China 21.32 · Cambodia 1.46
02Over time
Which way Vietnam is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) · higher is better
VietnamWorld median
Vietnam rose from 142.85 in 2006 to 489.84 in 2026; the world median went from 52.25 to 56.21.
Every year’s figures
Year Vietnam World median 2026 490 56.21 2025 464 60.84 2024 415 55.22 2023 411 54.78 2022 398 51.49 2021 356 52.64 2020 341 47.86 2019 311 51.05 2018 315 52.03 2017 298 49.87 2016 279 48.09 2015 267 49.13 2014 224 48.08 2013 214 51.32 2012 217 47.44 2011 239 50.26 2010 227 50.51 2009 187 53.04 2008 162 51.68 2007 154 55.78 2006 143 52.25 Logistics Performance Index
LPI score (1–5) · higher is better
VietnamWorld median
Vietnam rose from 2.889 in 2007 to 3.3 in 2023; the world median went from 2.529 to 2.9.
Every year’s figures
Year Vietnam World median 2023 3.30 2.900 2018 3.27 2.706 2016 2.98 2.734 2014 3.15 2.753 2012 3.00 2.773 2010 2.96 2.746 2007 2.89 2.529 ICT Goods Exports
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) · higher is better
VietnamWorld median
Vietnam rose from 5.42 in 2000 to 35.9 in 2023; the world median went from 0.43 to 0.69.
Every year’s figures
Year Vietnam World median 2024 — 0.975000 2023 35.9 0.690000 2022 36.0 0.565000 2021 36.6 0.550000 2020 37.2 0.680000 2019 33.7 0.625000 2018 32.9 0.480000 2017 32.4 0.630000 2016 30.3 0.865000 2015 29.0 0.790000 2014 23.9 0.760000 2013 24.4 0.645000 2012 18.1 0.630000 2011 11.6 0.535000 2010 7.8 0.560000 2009 5.7 0.780000 2008 4.7 0.595000 2007 4.8 0.660000 2006 3.2 0.445000 2005 2.7 0.570000 2004 2.6 0.535000 2003 4.0 0.530000 2002 3.4 0.510000 2001 4.1 0.490000 2000 5.4 0.430000
03In context
Vietnam beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 177 countries on mobility & trade, never a place within the region.
Vietnam and the countries it borders
Standing among all 177; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Liner Shipping Connectivity IndexLSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) | Container Import Dwell TimeMedian days a full import container waits in port | Logistics Performance IndexLPI score (1–5) | ICT Goods ExportsICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 China | 9th | 1,313 | 4 | 3.7 | 21.32 |
| Vietnam | 29th | 463.83 | 3.6 | 3.3 | — |
 Cambodia | =91st | 60.22 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 1.46 |
 Laos | not placed | — | — | 2.4 | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across South-eastern Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 177.
Placed either side on mobility & trade
The countries immediately above and below Vietnam in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Vietnam is ahead of the world, and behind
27 more statistics filed under mobility & trade, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median1
Statistics on which Vietnam does better than the middle country measured.
Average Time to Clear Exports Through CustomsWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 4.4563.9594.456No earlier reading
Vietnam: 3.959 · world median 4.456 · Average time to clear exports through customs (days). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 27.46; lower is better.
Position 99th of 174 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median7
Statistics on which Vietnam does worse than the middle country measured.
ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.4747.4687.474▲ Improved since 2014
Vietnam: 7.468 · world median 7.474 · ICT services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 56.25; higher is better.
Position 61st of 118 · derived.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2025 · world median 0.2060.2250.206▼ Worsened since 2015
Vietnam: 0.225 · world median 0.206 · Digital STRI (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.021 to 0.649; lower is better.
Position 57th of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
Cost of Sending RemittancesWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 3.2253.4563.225▼ Worsened since 2016
Vietnam: 3.456 · world median 3.225 · Average cost of sending $200 home (% of the amount). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -49.69 to 19.63; lower is better.
Position 40th of 93 · derived, 1st = worst.
Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 25.4218.1125.42▼ Worsened since 2020
Vietnam: 18.11 · world median 25.42 · Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.377 to 87.15; higher is better.
Position 105th of 170 · derived.
Freedom of Foreign MovementV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.2-0.1731.2▲ Improved since 2015
Vietnam: -0.173 · world median 1.2 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +2.9); higher = freer movement. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.642 to 2.727; higher is better.
Position 138th of 176 · derived.
FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2024 · world median 0.0790.2190.079No real change since 2018
Vietnam: 0.219 · world median 0.079 · FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 0.567; lower is better.
Position 20th of 104 · derived, 1st = worst.
Inbound Mobility Rate, TertiaryUIS · 2024 · world median 5.4940.35.494No real change since 2014
Vietnam: 0.3 · world median 5.494 · Inbound mobility rate, tertiary (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 87.12; higher is better.
Position 72nd of 75 · derived.
No better end19
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 36.3498.2436.34Moved since 2015
Vietnam: 98.24 · world median 36.34 · Exports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.103 to 199.76.
Position 7th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Trade (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 79.68190.3479.68Moved since 2015
Vietnam: 190.34 · world median 79.68 · Exports plus imports (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.382 to 396.65.
Position 7th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Container Port TrafficUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1,827,78824,423,1831,827,788Moved since 2014
Vietnam: 24,423,183 · world median 1,827,788 · Container port traffic (TEU, twenty-foot equivalent units). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 17,263 to 299,703,800.
Position 6th of 103 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Foreign Value Added Share of Gross ExportsOECD · 2022 · world median 27.4148.527.41Moved since 2012
Vietnam: 48.5 · world median 27.41 · Foreign value added (% of gross exports). OECD, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 4.491 to 66.08.
Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 41.7292.0941.72Moved since 2015
Vietnam: 92.09 · world median 41.72 · Imports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.279 to 196.89.
Position 11th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
EmigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 444,4513,693,537444,451No real change since 2015
Vietnam: 3,693,537 · world median 444,451 · Migrants from the country living abroad, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 313 to 18,533,845.
Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 275.7320,717275.73Moved since 2016
Vietnam: 20,717 · world median 275.73 · Merchant fleet owned (thousand dead-weight tons). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 397,071.
Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.23106.52103.23Moved since 2015
Vietnam: 106.52 · world median 103.23 · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 38.2 to 1,448.
International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 223,323326,418223,323Moved since 2015
Vietnam: 326,418 · world median 223,323 · International migrants living in the country, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 246 to 52,375,047.
Creative Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 6.1714.8576.171Moved since 2018
Vietnam: 4.857 · world median 6.171 · Creative services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.002 to 63.91.
Net Migration RateUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median -0.133-0.815-0.133Moved since 2013
Vietnam: -0.815 · world median -0.133 · Net migrants per 1,000 population. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -61.68 to 39.62.
Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 9.6026.29.602Moved since 2015
Vietnam: 6.2 · world median 9.602 · Services exports (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.085 to 166.21.
Cereal Import Dependency RatioFAO · 2022 · world median 42.815.442.8Moved since 2012
Vietnam: 15.4 · world median 42.8 · Share of the cereal supply that is imported (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from -1,894 to 100.
Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.1490.306Moved since 2015
Vietnam: 0.149 · world median 0.306 · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.059 to 0.933.
Refugee Population by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 12,2691312,269Moved since 2015
Vietnam: 13 · world median 12,269 · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate hosted, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 2,655,191.
Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All ProductsWorld Bank Group · 2022 · world median 3.661.073.66Moved since 2012
Vietnam: 1.07 · world median 3.66 · Applied tariff rate, trade-weighted mean (%). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 29.52.
International Migrants as a Share of PopulationUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 6.0890.3236.089Moved since 2015
Vietnam: 0.323 · world median 6.089 · International migrants (% of population). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 100.
Asylum-Seekers by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,83601,836No real change since 2015
Vietnam: 0 · world median 1,836 · Asylum-seekers awaiting a decision, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 3,718,945.
Commodity Export DependenceUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 67.1713.5167.17Moved since 2014
Vietnam: 13.51 · world median 67.17 · Commodity exports (% of merchandise exports, three-year average). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 4.605 to 99.77.
No current reading for Vietnam
Creative Goods Exports (last 2023), ICT Goods Exports (last 2023) and Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary (last 2022). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Mobility & Trade among Vietnam’s 15 topics
Mobility & Trade is Vietnam’s best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Mobility & Trade29th of 1773/4 keys
- Work & Labour35th of 1824/4 keys
- Digital & Technology62nd of 1984/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture59th of 1843/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge75th of 1983/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality62nd of 1593/3 keys
- Peace & Security71st of 1773/4 keys
- Economy & Innovationjoint 73rd of 1764/4 keys
- Gender & Equality78th of 1834/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing100th of 2004/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital105th of 1963/3 keys
- Governance & Institutions112th of 1944/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainabilityjoint 108th of 1864/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience114th of 1934/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties158th of 1984/4 keys
No standing on Energy: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on mobility & trade
The three countries placed highest of 177, and the leaders Vietnam can most readily be measured against.
1
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
1st of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
2
MacauEastern Asia
2nd of 177 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
Hong KongEastern Asia
3rd of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Asia
Singapore1st4/4 keysThis page
Vietnam29th3/4 keys
Positions out of 177 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Vietnam and mobility & trade
On mobility & trade
China Leads Global High-Technology Exports
The world’s ten largest high-technology exporters as a treemap, with the rest of the world beside them. Each country’s figure is its own most recent year, between 2022 and 2024.
On mobility & trade
The World’s Safest Airlines for 2025
The eleven safest airlines of 2025, each beside the country it is based in, and the nine things the grading looks at. Three airlines share third place, and the publisher gives an order but no score.
On mobility & trade
The world’s most powerful passports for 2025
Sixteen passports, their mobility scores, and the visa-free, visa-on-arrival and visa-required split behind each. Fourteen share third place while differing in how they reach it.
08Questions
Vietnam on mobility & trade: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Vietnam rank on mobility & trade?
Vietnam is placed 29th of 177 countries on Mobility & Trade in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Container Import Dwell Time and Logistics Performance Index). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Liner Shipping Connectivity Index figure for Vietnam?
463.83 in 2025 (lSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)), according to UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The world median in the same edition was 60.84.
What is the latest Container Import Dwell Time figure for Vietnam?
3.6 in 2024 (median days a full import container waits in port), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 4.4.
How does Vietnam compare with China on mobility & trade?
China is placed 9th of 177, and Vietnam 29th. Liner Shipping Connectivity Index: China 1,313, Vietnam 463.83; Container Import Dwell Time: China 4, Vietnam 3.6; Logistics Performance Index: China 3.7, Vietnam 3.3.
How have Vietnam’s mobility & trade figures changed?
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index rose from 142.85 in 2006 to 489.84 in 2026; Logistics Performance Index rose from 2.889 in 2007 to 3.3 in 2023; ICT Goods Exports rose from 5.42 in 2000 to 35.9 in 2023.
Which mobility & trade statistics are missing for Vietnam?
No current reading is published for Vietnam on Creative Goods Exports, ICT Goods Exports and Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Passport strength and freedom of movement for people are not measured with a key, because the data behind passport rankings is not licensed for reuse here. Trade as a share of the economy, remittance costs and student mobility are published here as context.
How the Mobility & Trade standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The mobility & trade method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Liner Shipping Connectivity Index — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Container Import Dwell Time — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Logistics Performance Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- ICT Goods Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 27 statistics on this page come from 8 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Vietnam’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Vietnam (banner) — Slaza : Sándor Laza, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
- Macau — Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hong Kong — Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Vietnam: Mobility & Trade — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/vietnam/mobility