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Vietnam: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1991–2024 · 34 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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
220.1% (1991)low 24.8% (2000)

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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