Malaysia vs Vietnam

Malaysia vs Vietnam: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 5.2% a year in Malaysia and 8% a year in Vietnam, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 2.9 percentage points, or 1.56 times that in Malaysia.

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% a year · IMF

Malaysia vs Vietnam: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 5.2% a year in Malaysia and 8% a year in Vietnam, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 2.9 percentage points, or 1.56 times that in Malaysia.
MalaysiaVietnamIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Vietnam has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Malaysia.
  • In 2025, Malaysia ranked 29 and Vietnam ranked 10 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Malaysia at 4.3% a year and Vietnam at 5.7% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearMalaysiaVietnam
20255.28
20245.27
20233.65.1
202298.5
20213.32.6
2020-5.52.9
20194.47.4
20184.87.5
20175.86.9
20164.56.7
201557
201466.4
20134.75.6
20125.55.5
20115.36.4
20107.56.4
2009-1.55.4
20084.85.7
20076.37.1
20065.67
200557.5
20046.87.8
20035.87.3
20025.47.1
20010.56.9
20008.76.8
19996.14.8
1998-7.45.8
19977.38.2
1996109.3
19959.89.5
19949.28.8
19939.98.1
19928.98.7
19919.55.8
199095
19899.17.8
19889.95.1
19875.42.5
19861.23.4
1985-0.95.6
19847.88.4
19836.37.1
19825.98.2
19816.95.8
19807.4-3.5
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearMalaysiaVietnam
20265.28.4
20274.67.5
20284.35.9
20294.35.9
20304.35.7
20314.35.7

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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