United Arab Emirates vs Vietnam: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 33.9% of GDP in United Arab Emirates and 30.5% of GDP in Vietnam, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 3.4 percentage points, or 1.11 times that in Vietnam.

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% of GDP · IMF

United Arab EmiratesVietnamIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Vietnam.
In 2025, United Arab Emirates ranked 120 and Vietnam ranked 126 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts United Arab Emirates at 26.1% of GDP and Vietnam at 24.5% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

Year	United Arab Emirates	Vietnam
2025	33.9	30.5
2024	33.2	31.2
2023	31.9	34.3
2022	31.5	34.9
2021	35.7	39.2
2020	30.1	41.3
2019	25.8	41
2018	20.7	43.8
2017	21.2	46.6
2016	18.6	47.9
2015	15.6	46.1
2014	13.5	43.4
2013	15.3	41.4
2012	20.2	38.3
2011	20.4	36.2
2010	18.3	37.3
2009	21.1	36.2
2008	8.9	31.1
2007	8.9	32.2
2006	5.1	30.3
2005	4.5	28.7
2004	4.1	29.4
2003	3.3	29.8
2002	3.4	27.7
2001	2.7	25.4
2000	3.1	24.8
1999	4.7	–

IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031

Year	United Arab Emirates	Vietnam
2026	32.8	28.3
2027	30.8	26.2
2028	29	25.3
2029	27.4	24.6
2030	27	24.4
2031	26.1	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.

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Deaths in conflictsUnited Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022Vietnam: 0 deaths in 2022