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Vietnam: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1991–2021 · 30 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2021
38.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2020
−0.3 pointsfrom 39.0%
Average, 2012–2021
38.0%10 years
Record high and low
220.1% (1991)low 25.7% (2008)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202138.7
202039.0
201937.6
201839.5
201741.1
201642.1
201539.8
201437.0
201334.2
201231.4

Sources

  • IMF Global Debt Database1991–2021

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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