Kenya vs Vietnam

Kenya vs Vietnam: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 71.3% of GDP in Kenya and 30.5% of GDP in Vietnam, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kenya, by 40.8 percentage points, or 2.34 times that in Vietnam.

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% of GDP · IMF

Kenya vs Vietnam: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 71.3% of GDP in Kenya and 30.5% of GDP in Vietnam, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kenya, by 40.8 percentage points, or 2.34 times that in Vietnam.
KenyaVietnamIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Kenya has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Vietnam.
  • In 2025, Kenya ranked 36 and Vietnam ranked 126 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Kenya at 74% of GDP and Vietnam at 24.5% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearKenyaVietnam
202571.330.5
202467.331.2
202373.434.3
202267.834.9
202168.239.2
20206841.3
201959.141
201856.543.8
201753.946.6
201650.447.9
201545.846.1
201441.343.4
201339.841.4
201237.638.3
201135.736.2
201036.737.3
20093636.2
200834.331.1
200734.232.2
200637.130.3
200537.428.7
200440.829.4
200343.829.8
20024227.7
200141.325.4
200043.124.8
199938.4–
199838.5–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearKenyaVietnam
202672.928.3
202773.826.2
202874.525.3
202974.424.6
203074.324.4
20317424.5

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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