Vietnam Government Debt (% of GDP)

Everything government owes, across all levels of government, compared with the size of the economy.

31.2%

−3.1pp vs 2023

2024 · Annual data

Not applicable, annual data

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Government Debt (% of GDP)

2000 to 2024

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (GGXWDG_NGDP) · general government gross debt, % of GDP, annual · actual years only. The IMF's figures for the years after the one shown are projections, which this site does not publish.

Vietnam Government Debt (% of GDP) in context

Worked out from the published series shown above.

In Vietnam, the government debt fell by 3.1pp in 2024, from 34.3% in 2023.

It is the lowest reading since 2008.

Over the past five years it has ranged from 31.2% in 2024 to 41.3% in 2020.

Its average since 2000 is 35.9%, and the latest reading is below that.

Vietnam is 48th of 56 countries in our Government Debt to GDP by Country ranking.

How this series is defined

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Source
IMF
Series
World
Frequency
Annual
Unit
%
Seasonal adjustment
Not applicable, annual data
Latest observation
2024
Revision status
Latest published estimate, subject to revision

Data refreshed 2026-10-12. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.

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