Vietnam, year by year

Every index this site holds for Vietnam, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.492 → 0.726 (+0.234)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth73.2 → 74.7 (+1.5)

Internet users17 → 84 (+67)

Urban population28 → 39 (+11)

Births per woman1.89 → 1.90 (+0.01)

Renewable share of energy46 → 24 (-22)

Access to electricity96 → 100 (+4)

Infant mortality19 → 12 (-7)

CO2 emissions per person1.2 → 4.3 (+3)

Forest area40 → 47 (+7)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 2 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.492	69.0	—	—	3.60	76	—	37	0.3	28.8	—	—
1991	0.503	69.3	—	19	3.52	76	—	36	0.3	29.6	—	—
1992	0.514	69.6	—	20	3.35	75	—	34	0.3	30.3	—	—
1993	0.526	70.0	—	20	3.17	71	—	32	0.4	31.0	—	—
1994	0.536	70.4	—	21	2.94	68	—	30	0.4	31.8	—	—
1995	0.550	70.9	—	21	2.70	65	—	29	0.5	32.5	—	—
1996	0.560	71.3	0	22	2.47	63	—	27	0.5	33.2	—	—
1997	0.571	71.7	0	23	2.27	61	78	26	0.6	34.0	—	—
1998	0.580	72.3	0	23	2.10	59	86	24	0.7	34.7	—	—
1999	0.589	72.6	0	24	2.00	59	87	23	0.7	35.5	—	—
2000	0.599	72.8	0	24	2.03	58	88	22	0.7	37.9	—	—
2001	0.609	73.0	1	25	2.02	56	89	21	0.8	38.4	—	—
2002	0.619	73.1	2	26	2.01	52	89	20	0.9	39.0	—	—
2003	0.628	73.2	4	26	2.00	51	90	20	1.0	39.6	—	—
2004	0.637	73.1	8	27	1.97	46	91	19	1.1	40.1	—	—
2005	0.645	73.2	13	27	1.89	44	96	19	1.2	40.2	—	—
2006	0.653	73.3	17	28	1.87	44	96	18	1.3	40.8	808	4237
2007	0.660	73.4	21	29	1.91	42	93	18	1.4	41.3	926	4581
2008	0.665	73.5	24	29	1.93	39	94	17	1.5	41.8	1164	4844
2009	0.671	73.5	27	30	1.92	37	96	17	1.6	42.3	1226	5061
2010	0.676	73.6	31	30	1.91	35	97	17	1.8	42.7	1683	5389
2011	0.681	73.7	35	31	1.93	36	99	16	1.8	43.2	1951	5786
2012	0.684	73.8	37	31	1.97	38	98	16	1.8	43.6	2185	6377
2013	0.689	73.8	39	32	1.98	37	99	16	1.8	44.1	2360	6758
2014	0.693	73.9	41	32	2.09	37	99	16	1.9	44.4	2546	7297
2015	0.697	74.0	45	32	2.10	28	99	16	2.2	44.9	2578	7672
2016	0.702	74.0	53	33	2.00	27	99	15	2.4	45.9	2735	8375
2017	0.706	74.0	58	33	1.99	28	100	15	2.4	46.0	2956	9170
2018	0.711	74.1	70	34	1.88	24	100	15	2.9	46.2	3222	10010
2019	0.717	74.2	69	35	1.94	20	99	14	3.5	46.5	3441	11029
2020	0.726	75.4	70	36	1.96	19	100	14	3.5	46.7	3534	11609
2021	0.718	74.2	74	37	1.94	24	100	13	3.4	47.0	3704	12049
2022	0.726	74.5	79	38	1.93	—	100	13	3.5	47.2	4148	13903
2023	—	74.6	78	38	1.91	—	100	12	3.9	47.5	4323	15034
2024	—	74.7	84	38	1.90	—	100	12	4.3	—	4717	16388
2025	—	—	—	39	—	—	—	—	—	—	5066	18088
Profile shows	0.726	74.7	84	39	1.90	24	—	—	4.3	47.4	5066	18088

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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