Türkiye vs Vietnam

Türkiye vs Vietnam: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 23.7% of GDP in Türkiye and 30.5% of GDP in Vietnam, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 6.8 percentage points, or 1.29 times that in Türkiye.

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% of GDP · IMF

Türkiye vs Vietnam: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 23.7% of GDP in Türkiye and 30.5% of GDP in Vietnam, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 6.8 percentage points, or 1.29 times that in Türkiye.
TürkiyeVietnamIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Vietnam has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Türkiye.
  • In 2025, Türkiye ranked 138 and Vietnam ranked 126 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Türkiye at 25.4% of GDP and Vietnam at 24.5% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearTürkiyeVietnam
202523.730.5
202423.631.2
202328.334.3
202229.434.9
202138.939.2
202038.341.3
201931.241
201828.843.8
201726.946.6
20162747.9
201526.546.1
201427.443.4
201329.641.4
201230.838.3
201134.836.2
201038.637.3
200942.436.2
20083731.1
200737.132.2
200644.230.3
200550.228.7
200457.129.4
200363.629.8
200271.227.7
200175.625.4
200051.224.8
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearTürkiyeVietnam
202622.528.3
202722.626.2
202823.225.3
202924.124.6
203025.124.4
203125.424.5

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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