Data · Growth & economic structure
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): Vietnam, 1989–2025
- Latest (2025)
- 4,970 USD
- Source
- World Bank
- Code
- NY.GNP.PCAP.CD
- Frequency
- Yearly
Definition
Gross national income is the total income earned by all residents within an economic territory during an accounting period. It is equal to gross domestic product plus earned income receivable from abroad minus earned income payable abroad. This figure is converted to U.S. dollars using the World Bank Atlas method, and divided by the midyear population. GNI, calculated in national currency, is usually converted to U.S. dollars at official exchange rates for comparisons across economies, although an alternative rate is used when the official exchange rate is judged to diverge by an exceptionally large margin from the rate actually applied in international transactions. To smooth fluctuations in prices and exchange rates, a special Atlas method of conversion is used by the World Bank. This applies a conversion factor that averages the exchange rate for a given year and the two preceding years, adjusted for differences in rates of inflation between the country, and through 2000, the G-5 countries (France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States). From 2001, these countries include the Euro area, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
What the series shows
The series runs from 1989 to 2025 (37 years of data). It moved from 220 to 4,970 USD, a change of 2,159.1%. The highest value was 4,970 in 2025 and the lowest 110 in 1991. The comparison below sets Vietnam against 9 neighbouring economies on the latest available year.
Using it in a thesis
Indicators like this one are typical control or explanatory variables in macro and finance theses: merge the CSV with your other series on the year column, check for missing years before running a regression, and log-transform level variables that grow over time. If you use the series in a panel with other countries, take every country from the same source and vintage so the definitions match. Cite the original publisher, not this site, as shown below.
Values by year
| Year | Value (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,970 |
| 2024 | 4,490 |
| 2023 | 4,140 |
| 2022 | 3,980 |
| 2021 | 3,540 |
| 2020 | 3,400 |
| 2019 | 3,290 |
| 2018 | 3,020 |
| 2017 | 2,680 |
| 2016 | 2,560 |
| 2015 | 2,460 |
| 2014 | 2,390 |
| 2013 | 2,200 |
| 2012 | 1,980 |
| 2011 | 1,630 |
| 2010 | 1,370 |
| 2009 | 1,120 |
| 2008 | 1,000 |
| 2007 | 860 |
| 2006 | 740 |
| 2005 | 650 |
| 2004 | 550 |
| 2003 | 480 |
| 2002 | 430 |
| 2001 | 410 |
| 2000 | 390 |
| 1999 | 370 |
| 1998 | 360 |
| 1997 | 350 |
| 1996 | 310 |
| 1995 | 260 |
| 1994 | 200 |
| 1993 | 170 |
| 1992 | 140 |
| 1991 | 110 |
| 1990 | 130 |
| 1989 | 220 |
Comparison with other countries
| Country | Latest year | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 2025 | 4,970 |
| Thailand | 2025 | 7,690 |
| Indonesia | 2025 | 5,120 |
| Malaysia | 2025 | 12,380 |
| Philippines | 2025 | 4,850 |
| Singapore | 2025 | 81,760 |
| Cambodia | 2025 | 2,750 |
| Laos | 2025 | 2,150 |
| Myanmar | 2025 | 1,320 |
| China | 2025 | 14,230 |
How to cite (APA 7)
World Bank. (2026). GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$), Vietnam [Data set]. World Development Indicators. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GNP.PCAP.CD?locations=VN
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Retrieved 2026-11-02. The CSV has one row per period
with the variable name ny_gnp_pcap_cd, ready for Stata, R or SPSS.