Vietnam surpasses Indonesia on per-person GDP. Is Thailand next?
Nov 4, 2026
Vietnam’s average economic output per person is set to overtake Indonesia’s, according to the International Monetary Fund.
Gross domestic product per capita, which provides a snapshot of a country’s standard of living, is projected to rise 8.9 per cent to US$5,259 in Vietnam this year – nearly double the figure a decade earlier and overtaking Indonesia’s US$5,153.
This would also rank Vietnam fifth among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, behind Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia...