Germany vs Vietnam: country comparison

A UN member state, or a continent's average.

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In US dollars, spent in each country.

$100 spent in Germany buys about what

$34.91

buys in Vietnam, at purchasing power parity

And $100 in Vietnam buys what $286 buys in Germany. Prices across Germany's economy average 286% of Vietnam's, so a dollar goes 2.9 times as far in Vietnam.

World Bank figures for 2025 unless another year is shown
MeasureGermanyVietnam
Economy
Population83.5 million101.6 million
GDPUS dollars, market exchange rates$5.05 trillion$515 billion
GDP per personUS dollars$60,496$5,066
GDP per person at PPPInternational dollars$75,407$18,088
Prices
Price levelUS prices = 100%80%28%
A US dollar goes as far as$1.25 in the US$3.57 in the US
Income
Median income or consumptionPer person, international dollars$64.18 a day2022 survey · $23,426 a year · income$13.32 a day2022 survey · $4,862 a year · consumption
More figures: GDP at PPP, conversion factor and GNI
Gross national income is what residents earn, at home and abroad
MeasureGermanyVietnam
GDP at PPPInternational dollars$6.30 trillion$1.84 trillion
PPP conversion factorLocal currency per international dollar0.7100Euro6,991Vietnamese dong
GNI per person, Atlas methodUS dollars$60,200$4,970
GNI per person at PPPInternational dollars$78,140$17,580

World Bank income groups: Germany, high income; Vietnam, upper middle income.

GDP per person at PPP · 2000 to 2025, in constant 2021 international dollarsAdjusted for inflation, so recent years read lower than the current-dollar figures above.
  • Germany
  • Vietnam
Year-by-year table
YearGermanyVietnam
2025$62,824$15,457
2024$62,655$14,396
2023$63,140$13,535
2022$63,778$12,980
2021$62,631$12,049
2020$60,300$11,851
2019$62,950$11,629
2018$62,481$10,937
2017$61,965$10,291
2016$60,505$9,743
2015$59,669$9,248
2014$59,203$8,752
2013$58,182$8,324
2012$58,110$7,980
2011$57,951$7,653
2010$54,826$7,275
2009$52,569$6,914
2008$55,514$6,659
2007$54,921$6,419
2006$53,307$6,098
2005$51,265$5,776
2004$50,786$5,421
2003$50,192$5,090
2002$50,487$4,810
2001$50,688$4,570
2000$49,956$4,349

Germany vs Vietnam: country comparison by Points Frog ↗ · An educational estimate, not financial advice.