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Vietnam: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1998–2024 · 27 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2024
19.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.3 pointsfrom 18.8%
Average, 2015–2024
20.6%10 years
Record high and low
25.0% (2009)low 16.0% (1998)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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16%18%20%22%24%26%2000200520102015202020252030VietnamVietnam
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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203121.2Forecast
203021.2Forecast
202921.1Forecast
202821.2Forecast
202721.3Forecast
202621.8Forecast
202522.1Forecast
202419.1
202318.8
202218.2
202120.1
202021.3
201919.8
201820.5
201721.5
201622.2
201524.2

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1998–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1998–2024
  • Asian Development Bank (archive)2003–2022
  • Asian Development Bank2003–2022
  • 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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