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Vietnam: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1992–2024 · 32 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2024
31.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−3.1 pointsfrom 34.3%
Average, 2015–2024
40.6%10 years
Record high and low
211.1% (1992)low 24.8% (2000)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203126.6Forecast
203027.2Forecast
202927.7Forecast
202828.3Forecast
202729.0Forecast
202629.8Forecast
202530.3Forecast
202431.2
202334.3
202234.9
202139.2
202041.3
201941.0
201843.8
201746.6
201647.9
201546.1

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1992–2015
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel2000–2023
  • IMF Global Debt Database2000–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook2000–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Vietnam documentation (PDF)

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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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