Australia vs Vietnam

Australia vs Vietnam: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 2% a year in Australia and 8% a year in Vietnam, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 6 percentage points, or 4.04 times that in Australia.

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% a year · IMF

Australia vs Vietnam: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 2% a year in Australia and 8% a year in Vietnam, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 6 percentage points, or 4.04 times that in Australia.
AustraliaVietnamIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Vietnam has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Australia.
  • In 2025, Australia ranked 103 and Vietnam ranked 10 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Australia at 2.2% a year and Vietnam at 5.7% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearAustraliaVietnam
202528
202417
20232.15.1
20224.28.5
20215.42.6
2020-22.9
201927.4
20182.87.5
20172.46.9
20162.76.7
20152.37
20142.66.4
20132.25.6
20123.95.5
20112.86.4
20102.46.4
200925.4
20082.75.7
20074.47.1
20062.67
200537.5
20044.17.8
200337.3
20024.17.1
20012.66.9
20003.16.8
19994.44.8
19984.75.8
19974.78.2
199649.3
199539.5
19944.98.8
19933.98.1
19922.68.7
1991-15.8
19901.55
19894.67.8
19884.35.1
19874.92.5
19862.43.4
19855.55.6
19846.38.4
1983-0.57.1
19820.18.2
19814.15.8
19802.9-3.5
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearAustraliaVietnam
20261.98.4
20271.67.5
20281.85.9
202925.9
20302.15.7
20312.25.7

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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