Romania vs Vietnam

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Romania runs 105.0 men per 100 women aged 20โ€“39 against 100.4 in Vietnam. On the 14 measures both countries carry, Romania leads 7.

The difference at a glance

Green favours Vietnam. Country figures. Cities inside one country differ, often by more than the countries differ from each other.

Head to head

Each row is named for the thing more of which is better, so a longer bar always wins.

RomaniaVietnam
105.0More women 20โ€“39men per 100 women, national census100.4
10%Lower income taxtop personal rate, not an effective rate35%
605More English spokenadult proficiency score500
1.1Saferhomicides per 100,000 a year1.5
76.5Longer life expectancyyears at birth74.7
$50,895RicherGDP per capita, current USD$18,088
69/100More politically stable0 to 10066/100
48/100Less corruption0 to 10043/100

Longer is better. Bar length is the rank among all countries we hold that measure for, not a share of the pair.

Every country measure, side by side

National figures throughout. What a city inside either country costs, and how its own sex ratio runs, is the table below this one.

National men per 100 womenthe city figure is above105.0100.44.6
Visa-free entrylongest headline entry for a typical Western passportn/a90โ€”
Top personal income tax rateheadline rate, not an effective rate10%35%25 points
English proficiencyadult proficiency score605500105 points
Homicide rateper 100,000 per year1.11.50.4
Life expectancyyears at birth76.574.71.7 years
GDP per capitacurrent USD$50,895$18,0882.81ร— as much
Female labour force participationno direction is asserted42%69%โ€”
Fertility ratebirths per woman1.391.90โ€”
Obesity, womenage-standardised30.0%2.4%27.6 points
Mean height, womenadults165 cm / 5โ€ฒ5โ€ณ158 cm / 5โ€ฒ2โ€ณโ€”
Political stability0 to 100, higher is more stable69/10066/1003 points
Low corruption0 to 100, higher is cleaner48/10043/1005 points
Digital nomad visamax stay; headline route, not a guarantee24 monthsn/aโ€”
Never-married women, 20โ€“39census or survey, years differ between countries31.8%19.7%โ€”
Main languagethe city may differRomanianVietnameseโ€”

Data updated August 6, 2026.

Sex ratio by age

Men per 100 women in each five-year band, with 100 as parity. National census age×sex tables, which is the one figure on this page no cost-of-living site holds.

RomaniaVietnam80901001101201520253035404550556065age band, lower boundmen per 100 women

Every city we track in both

A national sex ratio is an average of places that do not resemble each other. These are the cities behind it.

Romania

CityMen/100 womenEssentials
Cluj-Napocacommune level90.8$1,193
Sibiucommune level93.2$886
Oradeacommune level94.3$794
Brasovcommune level94.4$1,096
Bucharestcommune level94.8$1,108
Timisoaracommune level95.2$918
Constantacommune level95.2$1,099
Iasicommune level99.0$1,004

Vietnam

CityMen/100 womenEssentials
Hanoiprovince level94.3$528
Ho Chi Minh Cityprovince level98.2$532
Hai Phongprovince level101.4$438
Da Nangprovince level101.9$583
Can Thoprovince level104.9$307
Nha Trangprovince level105.9$511
Da Latprovince level110.0$495

Romania spans 8.2 points across its 8 tracked cities, Vietnam 15.7 across 7. The national figure is the average of neither.

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