Tanzania vs Vietnam

Tanzania vs Vietnam: Government debt

Government debt: 47.8% of GDP in Tanzania in 2023 and 30.5% of GDP in Vietnam in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Tanzania, by 13.5 percentage points, or 1.39 times that in Vietnam.

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% of GDP · IMF

Tanzania vs Vietnam: Government debtGovernment debt: 47.8% of GDP in Tanzania in 2023 and 30.5% of GDP in Vietnam in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Tanzania, by 13.5 percentage points, or 1.39 times that in Vietnam.
TanzaniaVietnamIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Tanzania has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Vietnam.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Tanzania at 41.4% of GDP and Vietnam at 24.5% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearTanzaniaVietnam
202549.830.5
20245031.2
202347.834.3
202244.934.9
202143.439.2
202041.341.3
201940.441
20184243.8
201740.146.6
201639.847.9
201539.546.1
201436.443.4
201332.741.4
201230.138.3
201128.436.2
201027.637.3
200923.936.2
200821.631.1
200723.832.2
200634.530.3
200546.128.7
200444.529.4
200344.429.8
200247.427.7
200150.825.4
2000–24.8
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearTanzaniaVietnam
202648.128.3
202746.626.2
202845.225.3
202943.924.6
203042.924.4
203141.424.5

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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