Viet Nam — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Viet Nam, 1985–2025.
GDP per capita for Viet Nam was 5,066 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 41 years, from 1985 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 98 in 1989 (about 51.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 7.94% per year.
Viet Nam ranks 138 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 65%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 8,489, so Viet Nam sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 97%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 25 of 36 economies; Indonesia (5,060) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 83% in 1986. That is 38% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1985 level: doubled by 1987; grown tenfold by 2014. Doubling roughly every 9.1 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 151st of 168 in 1985 → 191st of 192 in 1990 → 174th of 204 in 2000 → 161st of 212 in 2010 → 143rd of 210 in 2020 → 117th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1985 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,065.99 | +7.4% |
| 2024 | 4,716.66 | +9.1% |
| 2023 | 4,322.83 | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 4,147.7 | +12.0% |
| 2021 | 3,704.19 | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 3,534.04 | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 3,440.9 | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 3,222.31 | +9.0% |
| 2017 | 2,956.11 | +8.1% |
| 2016 | 2,735.06 | +6.1% |
| 2015 | 2,577.57 | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 2,546.38 | +7.9% |
| 2013 | 2,359.52 | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 2,185.12 | +12.0% |
| 2011 | 1,950.93 | +15.9% |
| 2010 | 1,683.16 | +37.3% |
| 2009 | 1,226.17 | +5.4% |
| 2008 | 1,163.83 | +25.7% |
| 2007 | 925.64 | +14.6% |
| 2006 | 807.76 | +13.6% |
| 2005 | 710.75 | +25.7% |
| 2004 | 565.45 | +13.7% |
| 2003 | 497.12 | +11.7% |
| 2002 | 445.13 | +6.2% |
| 2001 | 419.21 | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 404.03 | +7.5% |
| 1999 | 375.99 | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 361.35 | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 361.64 | +7.3% |
| 1996 | 337.05 | +17.1% |
| 1995 | 287.8 | +25.2% |
| 1994 | 229.86 | +21.3% |
| 1993 | 189.42 | +31.0% |
| 1992 | 144.55 | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 143.72 | +45.5% |
| 1990 | 98.8 | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 98.11 | -75.7% |
| 1988 | 404.56 | -32.0% |
| 1987 | 595.25 | +36.4% |
| 1986 | 436.42 | +82.9% |
| 1985 | 238.65 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Viet Nam’s GDP per capita in 1986?
436.42 (1986). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Viet Nam’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Viet Nam’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1985 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +2022.8% in total — about 7.9% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 5,065.99; 2024: 4,716.66; 2023: 4,322.83; 2022: 4,147.7; 2021: 3,704.19. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.