VND
Vietnam
Vietnam's public holidays is 4 days, the 3rd lowest of 104. And its unemployment rate is 1.52 %, ranked 6th of 124.
Of 13 fields published for Vietnam, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
29 % of US prices
Average monthly salary
$1,198 PPP/mo
The average employee in Vietnam earns about $1,198 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Money's value
24.50 %
100 saved in Vietnam in 2000 buys what 25 buys today — 76 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Average monthly salary
$1,198 PPP/mo
The average employee in Vietnam earns about $1,198 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Minimum wage
$693 PPP/mo
The law in Vietnam sets the floor at about $693 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Inflation rate
3.31 %
At 3.3 % a year, prices double in about 22 years if it holds.
Price level
29 % of US prices
ranked 15th of 125
Debt per person
$1,535
ranked 27th of 123
Average monthly salary
$1,198 PPP/mo
ranked 63rd of 92
Where Vietnam sits, field by field
Each dot is Vietnam’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Public holidays4 days102 of 104
- Unemployment rate1.52 %6 of 124
- GDP growth8.02 %10 of 127
- Price level29 % of US prices15 of 125
- Government debt30.30 %21 of 124
- Debt per person$1,53527 of 123
- GDP per capita$5,06694 of 127
- Average monthly salary$1,198 PPP/mo63 of 92
- Money's value24.50 %78 of 116
- Inflation rate3.31 %42 of 123
- Corporate tax20.00 %35 of 96
- Median salary$1,117 PPP/mo45 of 78
- Minimum wage$693 PPP/mo38 of 85
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Indonesia
avg gap 13.6 pp · 13 shared fields
Most separates them: median earnings — $1,117 PPP/mo (Vietnam) vs $437 PPP/mo
Kyrgyzstan
avg gap 16 pp · 10 shared fields
Most separates them: Minimum wage (PPP) — $693 PPP/mo (Vietnam) vs $91 PPP/mo
Guatemala
avg gap 17.9 pp · 13 shared fields
Most separates them: public holidays — 4 days (Vietnam) vs 13 days
Nicaragua
avg gap 18.2 pp · 10 shared fields
Most separates them: public holidays — 4 days (Vietnam) vs 12 days
| Money's value | 24.50 % | ranked 78th of 116 | |
| Inflation rate | 3.31 % | ranked 42nd of 123 | |
| Corporate tax | 20.00 % | ranked 35th of 96 | |
| Median salary | $1,117 PPP/mo | ranked 45th of 78 | |
| Minimum wage | $693 PPP/mo | ranked 38th of 85 |
✓ 13 fields published for Vietnam, every one dated and sourced · 22 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Vietnam: mortgage rate, real policy rate, lending rate, deposit rate, savings vs inflation, bank spread, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, median income, vat, top income tax, currency.
Sources for all 13 figures
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2024
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Average monthly salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Corporate tax — OECD Corporate Tax Statistics · 2026
- Median salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024