Urban Population / Vietnam
Vietnam Urban Population
Vietnam urban population data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 38.49%.
COUNTRY: Vietnam
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-06-29 05:07:34
GM ECONOMY RATING
Vietnam · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
AA
88 / 100
Very strong stability
Fiscal stability
n/a
Macroeconomic stability
18.0 / 20
External stability
15.0 / 15
Financial robustness
12.0 / 15
Structural stability
11.0 / 15
Future capacity
10.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
4.5 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 76% of weighted inputs available.
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Vietnam · urban population data as percent of GDP.
Latest
38.49%
Previous
38.13%
Range avg.
35.35%
Rank
70
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CountryVietnam
IndicatorUrban Population
38.49%2024 · Rank 70
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All indicators
Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Vietnam recorded 38.49% for Urban Population in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator increased by 0.36 percentage points, from 38.13% to 38.49%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (35.35%).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 32.38% in 2015 and the high was 38.49% in 2024.
Comparison
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