Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person was 5.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person in Viet Nam, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Viet Nam recorded 5.7% for annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person in 2025.
That represents a change of down 10.9% on the previous year and down 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person in Viet Nam peaked at 8.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2.0%, in 2008.
Viet Nam ranks 8th of 200 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person in Viet Nam, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.6% | — |
| 2001 | 2.2% | -60.6% |
| 2002 | 4.1% | +86.8% |
| 2003 | 5.4% | +31.1% |
| 2004 | 5.5% | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 5.0% | -8.9% |
| 2006 | 3.9% | -21.8% |
| 2007 | 3.6% | -7.9% |
| 2008 | 2.0% | -44.7% |
| 2009 | 2.3% | +15.6% |
| 2010 | 3.6% | +55.7% |
| 2011 | 4.4% | +23.7% |
| 2012 | 4.1% | -8.1% |
| 2013 | 3.3% | -19.2% |
| 2014 | 5.0% | +52.6% |
| 2015 | 6.2% | +22.9% |
| 2016 | 6.2% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 5.7% | -7.6% |
| 2018 | 5.4% | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 8.0% | +49.8% |
| 2020 | 5.2% | -34.7% |
| 2021 | 2.6% | -51.0% |
| 2022 | 5.4% | +110.1% |
| 2023 | 5.3% | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 6.4% | +21.1% |
| 2025 | 5.7% | -10.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.0% | 2.0% | 5.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.2% | 3.3% | 8.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.1% | 2.6% | 6.4% | 6 |
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- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices 4,002 USD (2024)
- GDP Deflator — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices 130.03 SLC (2024)
- GDP Deflator — Value US$, 2015 prices 112.67 USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation Deflator — Value Standard Local 122.82 SLC (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation Deflator — Value US$, 2015 prices 106.42 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ 455,329 million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 4,509 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices 8.77 billion million SLC (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person in Viet Nam?
- Annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person in Viet Nam was 5.7% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person recorded in Viet Nam?
- The highest recorded value was 8.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.0% in 2008.
- How does Viet Nam rank for annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person?
- Viet Nam ranks 8th out of 200 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person rising or falling in Viet Nam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Viet Nam data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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