Real GDP per person during each general secretary's tenure

Every general secretary since 1991, ranked by how real GDP per person 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	+97.9% 2010 → 2024	+5.0%/yr
2	Nông Đức Mạnh	22 Apr 2001 – 19 Jan 2011	+67.3% 2000 → 2010	+5.3%/yr
3	Đỗ Mười	27 Jun 1991 – 26 Dec 1997 from 1991	+49.2% 1991 → 1997	+6.9%/yr
4	Lê Khả Phiêu	26 Dec 1997 – 22 Apr 2001	+13.8% 1997 → 2000	+4.4%/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 million per person, 2010 prices · World Bank (NY.GDP.PCAP.KN), GDP at constant 2010 dong over the UN's population estimate, yearly · Vietnam data · as of Sep 2026.