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Government debt

Vietnam

Vietnam. General government gross debt. Put borrowing in the context of the economy and explore how it has changed over time.

Debt / GDP · 202530.5%History / IMF estimates
Debt, US$ bn · 2025150.7History / IMF estimates
Per person, US$ · 20251,473History / IMF estimates
GDP, US$ bn · 2025494.0History / IMF estimates

What the figures show

History / IMF estimates

Vietnam: IMF data and estimates put government debt at 30.5% of GDP in 2025. The derived debt amount is US$ 150.7 billion.

  • The debt-to-GDP ratio is 0.7 percentage points below its 2024 level.
  • This is below the median of 52.85% of GDP across 192 countries with data for the selected year.
  • Over 2015–2025, the debt-to-GDP ratio decreases by 15.6 percentage points.

The median is not weighted by economic size. A change in the debt-to-GDP ratio does not necessarily imply the same change in the debt amount. About the data ↗

Government debt over time

Debt as % of GDP. Dashed lines: current-year estimate/projection and future projections.

Government debt over time0132538502000200520102015202020252031Vietnam · 2000: 24.8% — History / IMF estimatesVietnam · 2001: 25.4% — History / IMF estimatesVietnam · 2002: 27.7% — History / IMF estimatesVietnam · 2003: 29.8% — History / IMF estimatesVietnam · 2004: 29.4% — History / IMF estimatesVietnam · 2005: 28.7% — History / IMF estimatesVietnam · 2006: 30.2% — History / IMF estimatesVietnam · 2007: 32.2% — History / IMF estimatesVietnam · 2008: 31.0% — History / IMF estimatesVietnam · 2009: 36.2% — History / IMF estimatesVietnam · 2010: 37.3% — History / IMF estimatesVietnam · 2011: 36.2% — History / IMF estimatesVietnam · 2012: 38.3% — History / IMF estimatesVietnam · 2013: 41.4% — History / IMF estimatesVietnam · 2014: 43.4% — History / IMF estimatesVietnam · 2015: 46.1% — History / IMF estimatesVietnam · 2016: 47.9% — History / IMF estimatesVietnam · 2017: 46.6% — History / IMF estimatesVietnam · 2018: 43.8% — History / IMF estimatesVietnam · 2019: 41.0% — History / IMF estimatesVietnam · 2020: 41.3% — History / IMF estimatesVietnam · 2021: 39.2% — History / IMF estimatesVietnam · 2022: 34.9% — History / IMF estimatesVietnam · 2023: 34.3% — History / IMF estimatesVietnam · 2024: 31.2% — History / IMF estimatesVietnam · 2025: 30.5% — History / IMF estimatesVietnam · 2026: 28.3% — IMF estimate / projectionVietnam · 2027: 26.2% — IMF projectionVietnam · 2028: 25.3% — IMF projectionVietnam · 2029: 24.6% — IMF projectionVietnam · 2030: 24.3% — IMF projectionVietnam · 2031: 24.5% — IMF projection
Vietnam
Chart data table
YearVietnam (%)Source
203124.5IMF projection
203024.3IMF projection
202924.6IMF projection
202825.3IMF projection
202726.2IMF projection
202628.3IMF estimate / projection
202530.5History / IMF estimates
202431.2History / IMF estimates
202334.3History / IMF estimates
202234.9History / IMF estimates
202139.2History / IMF estimates
202041.3History / IMF estimates
201941.0History / IMF estimates
201843.8History / IMF estimates
201746.6History / IMF estimates
201647.9History / IMF estimates
201546.1History / IMF estimates
201443.4History / IMF estimates
201341.4History / IMF estimates
201238.3History / IMF estimates
201136.2History / IMF estimates
201037.3History / IMF estimates
200936.2History / IMF estimates
200831.0History / IMF estimates
200732.2History / IMF estimates
200630.2History / IMF estimates
200528.7History / IMF estimates
200429.4History / IMF estimates
200329.8History / IMF estimates
200227.7History / IMF estimates
200125.4History / IMF estimates
200024.8History / IMF estimates

The DataMapper API does not provide the actual/estimate cutoff for each country and series. Past years are therefore labelled history/IMF estimates, the current year estimate/projection, and later years projections. Historical values can be revised. There is no simulated real-time debt counter.

Source: IMF WEO · World Economic Outlook (October 2026) · Retrieved 2026-11-01. About the data