Sweden vs Vietnam
Sweden vs Vietnam: Government debt
Government debt in 2025: 34.6% of GDP in Sweden and 30.5% of GDP in Vietnam, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by 4.1 percentage points, or 1.13 times that in Vietnam.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Sweden has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Vietnam.
- In 2025, Sweden ranked 118 and Vietnam ranked 126 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Sweden at 30.7% of GDP and Vietnam at 24.5% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Sweden | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34.6 | 30.5 |
| 2024 | 33.9 | 31.2 |
| 2023 | 32.2 | 34.3 |
| 2022 | 34.4 | 34.9 |
| 2021 | 37.2 | 39.2 |
| 2020 | 40.5 | 41.3 |
| 2019 | 36 | 41 |
| 2018 | 40.2 | 43.8 |
| 2017 | 41.9 | 46.6 |
| 2016 | 43.2 | 47.9 |
| 2015 | 44.8 | 46.1 |
| 2014 | 46.1 | 43.4 |
| 2013 | 41.2 | 41.4 |
| 2012 | 38.1 | 38.3 |
| 2011 | 37.8 | 36.2 |
| 2010 | 38.7 | 37.3 |
| 2009 | 41.3 | 36.2 |
| 2008 | 38 | 31.1 |
| 2007 | 39.3 | 32.2 |
| 2006 | 43.9 | 30.3 |
| 2005 | 49 | 28.7 |
| 2004 | 48.7 | 29.4 |
| 2003 | 49.5 | 29.8 |
| 2002 | 49.9 | 27.7 |
| 2001 | 52 | 25.4 |
| 2000 | 50.4 | 24.8 |
| 1999 | 60.3 | – |
| 1998 | 65.4 | – |
| 1997 | 67.7 | – |
| 1996 | 68.9 | – |
| 1995 | 68.7 | – |
| 1994 | 68.6 | – |
| 1993 | 66.1 | – |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Sweden | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35.1 | 28.3 |
| 2027 | 35.5 | 26.2 |
| 2028 | 34.8 | 25.3 |
| 2029 | 33.6 | 24.6 |
| 2030 | 32.3 | 24.4 |
| 2031 | 30.7 | 24.5 |
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Sweden vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancySweden: 83.3 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSweden: 99.7% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionSweden: 4.49% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateSweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSweden: 10.6 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthSweden: 0.56% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSweden: 89.1% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageSweden: 39.9 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSweden: 20.5% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateSweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSweden: $15B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personSweden: $1,549 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSweden: 5% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSweden: 15,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerSweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSweden: 146 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSweden: 235 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018