Foreign direct investment inflows in Viet Nam

Net foreign direct investment inflows to Viet Nam were 4.3% of GDP in 2025.

Viet Nam, 2025 4.3% % of GDP
Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 4.2%
World, 2025 1.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 45th of 184 See the full ranking

Foreign direct investment inflows in Viet Nam over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period Viet NamWorld
2025 4.3% 1.4%
2024 4.2% 1.2%
2023 4.3% 0.9%
2022 4.3% 1.9%
2021 4.3% 2.5%
2020 4.6% 1.3%
2019 4.8% 2.2%
2018 5.0% 1.2%
2017 5.0% 2.7%
2016 4.9% 3.5%
2015 4.9% 3.6%
2014 3.9% 2.4%
2013 4.2% 2.6%
2012 4.3% 2.7%
2011 4.3% 3.2%
2010 5.4% 2.7%
2009 7.2% 2.4%
2008 9.7% 3.7%
2007 8.7% 5.3%
2006 3.6% 4.2%
2005 3.4% 3.3%
2004 3.5% 2.2%
2003 3.7% 1.9%
2002 4.0% 2.1%
2001 4.0% 2.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 4.2% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 4.9%, the figure has changed by −0.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Viet Nam has the 45th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.4%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments and International Financial Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1985 to 2025 for Viet Nam
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments and International Financial Statistics