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Government debt in Vietnam

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Vietnam's government debt is 30.50 % — #22 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

30.50%

Checked 24 Oct 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.3 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Vietnam over time

47.90 %36.35 %24.80 %47.90 % · 201624.80 % · 20002000: 24.80 %2001: 25.40 %2002: 27.70 %2003: 29.80 %2004: 29.40 %2005: 28.70 %2006: 30.20 %2007: 32.20 %2008: 31.00 %2009: 36.20 %2010: 37.30 %2011: 36.20 %2012: 38.30 %2013: 41.40 %2014: 43.40 %2015: 46.10 %2016: 47.90 %2017: 46.60 %2018: 43.80 %2019: 41.00 %2020: 41.30 %2021: 39.20 %2022: 34.90 %2023: 34.30 %2024: 31.20 %2025: 30.50 %20002012202530.50 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#22 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
82 %
103 of 125 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.70 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
17.40 pp
peak 47.90 % in 2016
Full series
▲ 5.70 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #10 of 37vs median 54.70 %: −24.20 pp (better)

Among 125 countries

6 of 125 countries between 12.30 % and 17.90 %2 of 125 countries between 17.90 % and 23.49 %10 of 125 countries between 23.49 % and 29.09 %11 of 125 countries between 29.09 % and 34.68 %8 of 125 countries between 34.68 % and 40.28 %9 of 125 countries between 40.28 % and 45.88 %7 of 125 countries between 45.88 % and 51.47 %13 of 125 countries between 51.47 % and 57.07 %8 of 125 countries between 57.07 % and 62.66 %10 of 125 countries between 62.66 % and 68.26 %4 of 125 countries between 68.26 % and 73.85 %3 of 125 countries between 73.85 % and 79.45 %7 of 125 countries between 79.45 % and 85.05 %6 of 125 countries between 85.05 % and 90.64 %2 of 125 countries between 90.64 % and 96.24 %6 of 125 countries between 96.24 % and 101.83 %2 of 125 countries between 101.83 % and 107.43 %1 of 125 countries between 107.43 % and 113.02 %2 of 125 countries between 113.02 % and 118.62 %1 of 125 countries between 124.22 % and 129.81 %2 of 125 countries between 135.41 % and 141.00 %5 of 125 countries between 141.00 % and 146.60 %median 54.70 %Vietnam: ahead of 82 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtVietnam 30.50 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Vietnam is ahead of 82 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Vietnam
20 Peru30.10 %−0.40 pp
21 Andorra30.30 %−0.20 pp
22 Vietnam30.50 %—
23 Belarus31.30 %+0.80 pp
24 Saudi Arabia31.80 %+1.30 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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