Vietnam
Inflation in Vietnam
Inflation in Vietnam: 25.2% a year in 1980 and 3.3% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 3.3% a year
- Since 1980
- −21.9 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 77 of 179
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 3.8% a year
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 3.8% a year in 2031.
- The highest was 453.5% a year in 1986, the lowest -1.8% a year in 2000.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Vietnam |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 3.6 |
| 2023 | 3.3 |
| 2022 | 3.2 |
| 2021 | 1.8 |
| 2020 | 3.2 |
| 2019 | 2.8 |
| 2018 | 3.5 |
| 2017 | 3.5 |
| 2016 | 2.7 |
| 2015 | 0.6 |
| 2014 | 4.1 |
| 2013 | 6.6 |
| 2012 | 9.1 |
| 2011 | 18.7 |
| 2010 | 10.5 |
| 2009 | 6.7 |
| 2008 | 23.1 |
| 2007 | 8.3 |
| 2006 | 7.5 |
| 2005 | 8.4 |
| 2004 | 7.9 |
| 2003 | 3.3 |
| 2002 | 4.1 |
| 2001 | -0.3 |
| 2000 | -1.8 |
| 1999 | 4.1 |
| 1998 | 7.2 |
| 1997 | 3.1 |
| 1996 | 5.6 |
| 1995 | 16.9 |
| 1994 | 10.4 |
| 1993 | 8.4 |
| 1992 | 37.7 |
| 1991 | 81.8 |
| 1990 | 36 |
| 1989 | 95.8 |
| 1988 | 374.4 |
| 1987 | 360.4 |
| 1986 | 453.5 |
| 1985 | 91.6 |
| 1984 | 64.9 |
| 1983 | 49.5 |
| 1982 | 95.4 |
| 1981 | 69.6 |
| 1980 | 25.2 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Vietnam |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.7 |
| 2027 | 4.9 |
| 2028 | 4.7 |
| 2029 | 4.6 |
| 2030 | 4.2 |
| 2031 | 3.8 |
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- 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 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per person$104 in 2025
- Military share of state spending9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel522,000 people in 2020
- National power1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports10 million TIV in 2018