Real GDP during each general secretary's tenure

Every general secretary since 1991, ranked by how real GDP changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

#	General secretary	In office	Total	Per year	Chart
1	Nguyễn Phú Trọng	19 Jan 2011 – 3 Aug 2024	+129% 2010 → 2024	+6.1%/yr
2	Nông Đức Mạnh	22 Apr 2001 – 19 Jan 2011	+89.6% 2000 → 2010	+6.6%/yr
3	Đỗ Mười	27 Jun 1991 – 26 Dec 1997 from 1991	+65.5% 1991 → 1997	+8.8%/yr
4	Lê Khả Phiêu	26 Dec 1997 – 22 Apr 2001	+18.3% 1997 → 2000	+5.8%/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. VND trillion, 2010 prices · World Bank (NY.GDP.MKTP.KN), GDP at constant 2010 dong from the National Statistics Office's national accounts, yearly · Vietnam data · as of Sep 2026.