Vietnam Economy and Trade
GDP $514.70B · real growth 7.1% · source years shown below
Vietnam's macroeconomic panel uses $514.70B as the nominal GDP observation for 2025 and 7.1% as the real-growth observation for 2024. Alongside output, the profile shows GDP per capita of $4,717 (2024) and CPI inflation of 3.6% (2024). Each measure keeps its own reference period below, avoiding a false same-year comparison between series released on different schedules.
Vietnam at a Glance
Each measure keeps its actual reference year and definition.
Output trend
Macro signals
Available measures are shown with their reported reference periods.
Macro signals
What Vietnam's economic profile is telling you
Vietnam keeps the latest completed World Bank GDP, GDP per capita, real growth and CPI observations at 2024, when nominal GDP was about $476.39 billion and growth 7.1 percent. Modeled unemployment is a newer 2025 observation and is labeled separately.
Reading the macro data
Nominal GDP measures current-dollar size. Real growth, inflation and unemployment describe different economic conditions and can have different reference years.
Reading the trade data
Merchandise trade covers goods. A balance appears only when exports and imports have a verified matching year and currency basis.
Detailed Economic Data
| Indicator | Vietnam | Reference period | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDPcurrent US$ | $514.70B | 2025 | Actual |
| GDP per capitacurrent US$ | $4,717 | 2024 | Actual |
| Real GDP growthannual % | 7.1% | 2024 | Actual |
| InflationCPI annual % | 3.6% | 2024 | Actual |
| Unemploymentmodeled ILO estimate | 1.5% | 2025 | Estimate |
| Merchandise balancematched year required | Not calculated | Unavailable | Unavailable |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Vietnam's latest GDP?
The latest World Bank nominal GDP observation used here is $514.70B for 2025 in current US dollars.
What does merchandise trade show for Vietnam?
A matched merchandise export and import pair was not independently resolved on this page, so no goods balance is calculated.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the economic indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Core macroeconomic indicators with explicit reference years.
Official data: GDP · GDP per capita · Real growth · Inflation · Unemployment
Matched-year merchandise trade where independently resolved.
Official data: WTO economy profiles