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

Human development rose from 0.499 in 1990 to 0.766 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 74.7 years2024at birthUp 1.5 years from 73.2 years in 2005
Internet users: 84%2024of people onlineUp 67 points from 17% in 2006
Urban population: 39%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 11 points from 28% in 2006
Births per woman: 1.902024births per womanUp 0.01 from 1.89 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 24%2021of energy usedDown 22 points from 46% in 2004
Access to electricity: 100%2024of people with electricityUp 4 points from 96% in 2005
Infant mortality: 122024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 7 from 19 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 4.3 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 3 t from 1.2 t in 2005
Forest area: 47%2023of land under forestUp 7 points from 40% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each 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	0.499	69.0	—	—	3.60	75.9	—	37	0.3	28.8	—	—
1991	0.509	69.3	—	19.4	3.52	75.5	—	36	0.3	29.6	—	—
1992	0.521	69.6	—	19.8	3.35	74.5	—	34	0.3	30.3	—	—
1993	0.531	70.0	—	20.3	3.17	70.6	—	32	0.4	31.0	—	—
1994	0.543	70.4	—	20.9	2.94	67.8	—	30	0.4	31.8	—	—
1995	0.556	70.9	—	21.4	2.70	64.9	—	29	0.5	32.5	—	—
1996	0.567	71.3	0.0	22.1	2.47	62.6	—	27	0.5	33.2	—	—
1997	0.578	71.7	0.0	22.7	2.27	60.5	78	26	0.6	34.0	—	—
1998	0.588	72.3	0.0	23.3	2.10	59.2	86	24	0.7	34.7	—	—
1999	0.596	72.6	0.1	23.8	2.00	59.3	87	23	0.7	35.5	—	—
2000	0.604	72.8	0.3	24.4	2.03	57.7	88	22	0.7	37.9	—	—
2001	0.612	73.0	1.3	24.9	2.02	56.1	89	21	0.8	38.4	—	—
2002	0.621	73.1	1.9	25.6	2.01	52.2	89	20	0.9	39.0	—	—
2003	0.630	73.2	3.8	26.2	2.00	50.8	90	20	1.0	39.6	—	—
2004	0.638	73.1	7.6	26.8	1.97	45.8	91	19	1.1	40.1	—	—
2005	0.647	73.2	12.7	27.4	1.89	44.1	96	19	1.2	40.2	—	—
2006	0.656	73.3	17.3	28.1	1.87	44.2	96	18	1.3	40.8	808	4237
2007	0.664	73.4	20.8	28.6	1.91	41.9	93	18	1.4	41.3	926	4581
2008	0.672	73.5	23.9	29.2	1.93	39.3	94	17	1.5	41.8	1164	4844
2009	0.679	73.5	26.6	29.8	1.92	37.0	96	17	1.6	42.3	1226	5061
2010	0.686	73.6	30.6	30.3	1.91	34.6	97	17	1.8	42.7	1683	5389
2011	0.693	73.7	35.1	30.7	1.93	36.3	99	16	1.8	43.2	1951	5786
2012	0.698	73.8	36.8	31.1	1.97	37.9	98	16	1.8	43.6	2185	6377
2013	0.704	73.8	38.5	31.5	1.98	37.4	99	16	1.8	44.1	2360	6758
2014	0.711	73.9	41.0	31.9	2.09	36.7	99	16	1.9	44.4	2546	7297
2015	0.717	74.0	45.0	32.4	2.10	27.8	99	16	2.2	44.9	2578	7672
2016	0.723	74.0	53.0	32.9	2.00	26.8	99	15	2.4	45.9	2735	8375
2017	0.729	74.0	58.1	33.4	1.99	28.3	100	15	2.4	46.0	2956	9170
2018	0.737	74.1	69.8	33.9	1.88	24.3	100	15	2.9	46.2	3222	10010
2019	0.744	74.2	68.7	34.6	1.94	20.4	99	14	3.5	46.5	3441	11029
2020	0.755	75.4	70.3	35.6	1.96	18.9	100	14	3.5	46.7	3534	11609
2021	0.754	74.2	74.2	36.6	1.94	24.2	100	13	3.4	47.0	3704	12049
2022	0.764	74.5	78.6	37.5	1.93	—	100	13	3.5	47.2	4148	13903
2023	0.766	74.6	78.1	38.1	1.91	—	100	12	3.9	47.5	4323	15034
2024	—	74.7	84.2	38.5	1.90	—	100	12	4.3	—	4717	16388
2025	—	—	—	38.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	5066	18088
On the profile	0.766	74.7	84.2	38.8	1.90	24.2	—	—	4.3	47.4	5066	18088

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; 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 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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. The last row, On the profile, is the figure the country profile shows today, set under its series so the two can be checked against each other. ≠ marks a difference of more than 2%: none on this page.

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