Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of GNI) in Vietnam
Vietnam: Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of GNI) was 1.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Public and publicly guaranteed debt service in Vietnam, 1989–2024
Source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
In 2024, public and publicly guaranteed debt service in Vietnam stood at 1.3%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.5% on the previous year and down 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, public and publicly guaranteed debt service in Vietnam peaked at 4.8% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 1.1%, in 2022.
Vietnam ranks 85th of 123 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of GNI) in Vietnam, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 3.2% | — |
| 1990 | 2.4% | -23.9% |
| 1991 | 1.5% | -37.7% |
| 1992 | 2.2% | +48.8% |
| 1993 | 2.1% | -7.4% |
| 1994 | 1.7% | -17.9% |
| 1995 | 1.5% | -12.4% |
| 1996 | 1.2% | -16.8% |
| 1997 | 2.9% | +137.5% |
| 1998 | 3.7% | +25.2% |
| 1999 | 4.8% | +30.6% |
| 2000 | 4.0% | -16.2% |
| 2001 | 3.6% | -11.6% |
| 2002 | 3.2% | -8.6% |
| 2003 | 1.9% | -41.2% |
| 2004 | 1.6% | -17.6% |
| 2005 | 1.4% | -10.1% |
| 2006 | 1.2% | -12.2% |
| 2007 | 1.4% | +11.1% |
| 2008 | 1.3% | -6.8% |
| 2009 | 1.4% | +6.8% |
| 2010 | 1.1% | -17.9% |
| 2011 | 1.1% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 1.2% | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 1.3% | +10.5% |
| 2014 | 1.6% | +22.8% |
| 2015 | 1.2% | -22.5% |
| 2016 | 1.5% | +20.8% |
| 2017 | 1.4% | -7.4% |
| 2018 | 1.4% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 1.4% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 1.5% | +10.1% |
| 2021 | 1.3% | -15.9% |
| 2022 | 1.1% | -13.7% |
| 2023 | 1.1% | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 1.3% | +12.5% |
Vietnam compared with similar countries
- Vietnam's 1.3% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.9%, 44% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Vietnam's 1.3% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.6%, 81% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of GNI) in Vietnam changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +137.5% | 1.2% | 2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3.2% | 3.2% | 3.2% | 1 |
| 1990s | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.1% | 1.2% | 4.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.3% | 1.1% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 1.1% | 1.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vietnam
- 82 Guinea-Bissau 1.4% compare
- 83 Burkina Faso 1.4% compare
- 84 Botswana 1.3% compare
- 86 Cambodia 1.2% compare
- 87 Mali 1.2% compare
- 88 Madagascar 1.2% compare
More external debt data for Vietnam
- Net financial flows, IBRD -118.60 million NFL, current US$ (2025)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per capita -1.17 NFL, US$ per person (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per unit of GDP -0.0002 NFL, US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per square kilometre 1,211 NFL, US$ per square kilometre (2023)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per capita -5.62 NFL, current US$ per person (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per unit of GDP -0.0012 NFL, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per square kilometre -2,045 NFL, current US$ per square kilometre (2023)
- Use of IMF credit 1.94 billion DOD, current US$ (2025)
- External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) 36.13 billion DOD, current US$ (2025)
- External debt stocks, long-term 89.18 billion DOD, current US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is public and publicly guaranteed debt service in Vietnam?
- Public and publicly guaranteed debt service in Vietnam was 1.3% in 2024, according to International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest public and publicly guaranteed debt service recorded in Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 4.8% in 1999.
- What is the lowest public and publicly guaranteed debt service recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1% in 2022.
- How does Vietnam rank for public and publicly guaranteed debt service?
- Vietnam ranks 85th out of 123 countries with data for 2024.
- Is public and publicly guaranteed debt service rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Vietnam data come from?
- The figures come from International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as part of Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of GNI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Public and publicly guaranteed debt service to gross national income. Public and publicly guaranteed debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity. GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad.