South Korea vs Vietnam: Gross domestic product (GDP), Current prices … capita currency

South Korea
0.0371 units per person
in 2019
Vietnam
0.0621 units per person
in 2019
South Korea rank
5th
Vietnam rank
3rd

Gross domestic product (GDP), Current prices … capita currency over time

  • South Korea
  • Vietnam
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How they compare

Vietnam currently reports 0.0621 units per person against 0.0371 units per person in South Korea, a difference of 0.025 units per person.

That makes Vietnam's figure about 1.7 times South Korea's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 50 shared years of data; in 1970 it was South Korea ahead.

South Korea ranks 5th and Vietnam ranks 3rd of 192 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, South Korea averaged higher in 4 and Vietnam in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade South Korea Vietnam Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0003 units per person 0 units per person 0.0003 units per person South Korea
1980s 0.0022 units per person 0.0001 units per person 0.0022 units per person South Korea
1990s 0.0089 units per person 0.0029 units per person 0.006 units per person South Korea
2000s 0.0193 units per person 0.0115 units per person 0.0078 units per person South Korea
2010s 0.032 units per person 0.044 units per person 0.012 units per person Vietnam

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross domestic product (gdp), current prices, domestic currency, per, South Korea or Vietnam?
Vietnam, at 0.0621 units per person against 0.0371 units per person in South Korea as of 2019.
What is the difference in gross domestic product (gdp), current prices, domestic currency, per between South Korea and Vietnam?
0.025 units per person, with Vietnam ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Korea and Vietnam?
50 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.
How do South Korea and Vietnam rank globally for gross domestic product (gdp), current prices, domestic currency, per?
South Korea ranks 5th and Vietnam ranks 3rd of 192 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Gross domestic product (GDP), Current prices, Domestic currency, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Gross domestic product (GDP), Current prices, Domestic currency, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
192 places, 10,186 data points, 1960–2019
Last refreshed

Gross domestic product (GDP), Current prices, Domestic currency divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.