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Government debt in Vietnam

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Vietnam's government debt is 30.30 % — #21 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

30.30%

Checked 23 Sept 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: 43.60 %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: 30.30 %20002012202530.30 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#21 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
83 %
103 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.90 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
17.60 pp
peak 47.90 % in 2016
Full series
▲ 5.50 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #10 of 37vs median 54.55 %: −24.25 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Vietnam: ahead of 82 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtVietnam 30.30 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. 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
19 Bosnia and Herzegovina29.90 %−0.40 pp
20 Peru30.20 %−0.10 pp
21 Vietnam30.30 %—
22 Andorra30.30 %—
23 Saudi Arabia31.70 %+1.40 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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