Viet Nam — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for Viet Nam, 1985–2025.
GDP for Viet Nam was 514.70 billion 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 6.29 billion in 1989 (about 81.8× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 9.41% per year.
Viet Nam ranks 32 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 15%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 18.30 billion, so Viet Nam sits above it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 115%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 8 of 36 economies; Philippines (487.09 billion) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 87% in 1986. That is 42% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1985 level: doubled by 1987; grown tenfold by 2010. Doubling roughly every 7.7 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 61st of 168 in 1985 → 92nd of 192 in 1990 → 60th of 204 in 2000 → 52nd of 212 in 2010 → 37th of 210 in 2020 → 31st of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1985 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 514,697,215,165.07 | +8.1% |
| 2024 | 476,324,572,783.81 | +9.8% |
| 2023 | 433,805,036,898.47 | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 413,445,230,668.58 | +12.8% |
| 2021 | 366,474,752,771.01 | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 346,615,738,537.8 | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 334,365,270,496.67 | +7.8% |
| 2018 | 310,106,478,394.66 | +10.2% |
| 2017 | 281,353,605,986.9 | +9.4% |
| 2016 | 257,096,001,177.98 | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 239,258,328,381.74 | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 233,451,469,642.52 | +9.2% |
| 2013 | 213,708,811,665.34 | +9.3% |
| 2012 | 195,590,661,129.25 | +13.3% |
| 2011 | 172,595,049,183.92 | +17.3% |
| 2010 | 147,201,173,196.98 | +38.8% |
| 2009 | 106,014,659,565.21 | +6.9% |
| 2008 | 99,130,304,099.13 | +28.1% |
| 2007 | 77,414,425,532.25 | +16.6% |
| 2006 | 66,371,664,817.04 | +15.2% |
| 2005 | 57,633,255,738.2 | +26.9% |
| 2004 | 45,427,854,693.26 | +14.9% |
| 2003 | 39,552,513,231.92 | +12.8% |
| 2002 | 35,064,105,500.83 | +7.3% |
| 2001 | 32,685,198,808.55 | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 31,172,518,403.32 | +8.7% |
| 1999 | 28,683,659,006.78 | +5.4% |
| 1998 | 27,209,602,050.05 | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 26,843,700,441.55 | +8.9% |
| 1996 | 24,657,470,574.75 | +18.9% |
| 1995 | 20,736,164,458.95 | +27.3% |
| 1994 | 16,286,433,533.32 | +23.6% |
| 1993 | 13,180,953,598.17 | +33.6% |
| 1992 | 9,866,990,236.44 | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 9,613,369,520.42 | +48.5% |
| 1990 | 6,471,740,805.57 | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 6,293,304,974.59 | -75.2% |
| 1988 | 25,423,812,648.59 | -30.6% |
| 1987 | 36,658,108,850.31 | +39.2% |
| 1986 | 26,336,616,250.44 | +86.9% |
| 1985 | 14,094,687,820.74 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Viet Nam’s GDP in 1986?
26,336,616,250.44 (1986). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Viet Nam’s GDP 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 growing or shrinking?
Between 1985 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +3551.7% in total — about 9.4% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.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: 514,697,215,165.07; 2024: 476,324,572,783.81; 2023: 433,805,036,898.47; 2022: 413,445,230,668.58; 2021: 366,474,752,771.01. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (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.