United Kingdom vs Vietnam

United Kingdom vs Vietnam: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 1.2% a year in United Kingdom and 8% a year in Vietnam, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 6.8 percentage points, or 6.61 times that in United Kingdom.

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% a year · IMF

United Kingdom vs Vietnam: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 1.2% a year in United Kingdom and 8% a year in Vietnam, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 6.8 percentage points, or 6.61 times that in United Kingdom.
United KingdomVietnamIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Vietnam has been higher since 2022, when it overtook United Kingdom.
  • In 2025, United Kingdom ranked 117 and Vietnam ranked 10 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts United Kingdom at 1.4% a year and Vietnam at 5.7% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearUnited KingdomVietnam
20251.28
20241.17
20230.45.1
202258.5
20218.52.6
2020-10.12.9
20191.47.4
20181.67.5
20173.36.9
20162.26.7
20152.27
20143.26.4
20131.95.6
20121.75.5
20111.16.4
20102.46.4
2009-4.55.4
200805.7
200737.1
20062.27
20052.77.5
20042.37.8
20033.27.3
20021.77.1
20012.46.9
20004.56.8
19992.94.8
19983.35.8
19974.98.2
19962.69.3
19952.49.5
19943.48.8
19932.38.1
19920.38.7
1991-1.45.8
19900.65
19892.47.8
19885.45.1
19875.52.5
19863.13.4
19854.15.6
19842.28.4
19834.27.1
198228.2
1981-0.65.8
1980-2.1-3.5
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearUnited KingdomVietnam
20261.38.4
20271.27.5
20281.65.9
20291.55.9
20301.45.7
20311.45.7

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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