Income per Person (GDP per capita, PPP) in Vietnam: 1800 to Today (and Tomorrow)

Welcome to MYRIAD, where we examine the statistics of human lives. Average yearly economic output per person, adjusted for purchasing power in 2017 international dollars, tells a profound story for Vietnam. Every value is a statistical fact about the lives actually lived there. In the 2020s, income per person (gdp per capita, ppp) in Vietnam stands at 10,500 intl-$ — ranking #110 of 157 countries. This metric captures the tangible material reality of daily existence, reflecting the goods, services, and resources available to individuals as they navigate their lifetimes across the generations.

The historical arc across three centuries reveals a steady and then accelerating transformation. In the 1800s estimate it stood at 791.72 intl-$, creeping slowly upward decade by decade through the 1810s estimate (804.4), the 1820s estimate (817.08), the 1830s estimate (829.75), the 1840s estimate (842.43), the 1850s estimate (855.11), the 1860s estimate (867.79), the 1870s estimate (880.47), the 1880s estimate (893.14), and the 1890s estimate (905.82). By 1900 it was 918.5 intl-$, continuing through the 1900s estimate (918.5), 1910s estimate (987.7), 1920s estimate (1,057), 1930s estimate (1,126), 1940s estimate (1,195), 1950s (1,265), 1960s (1,837), 1970s (2,410), 1980s (2,983), 1990s (4,645), 2000s (6,308), and 2010s (8,404), leading directly to our current era. Projections stretch ahead into the 2030s projection (12,075), 2040s projection (13,886), 2050s projection (15,969), 2060s projection (18,365), 2070s projection (21,119), 2080s projection (24,287), 2090s projection (27,930), and 2100s projection (32,120).

For someone born in Vietnam across these different eras, the economic baseline of their environment shifted dramatically from agrarian subsistence toward modern expansion. Where do YOU rank among everyone ever born? →