United Kingdom vs Vietnam

United Kingdom vs Vietnam: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 102.1% of GDP in United Kingdom and 30.5% of GDP in Vietnam, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 71.6 percentage points, or 3.35 times that in Vietnam.

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% of GDP · IMF

United Kingdom vs Vietnam: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 102.1% of GDP in United Kingdom and 30.5% of GDP in Vietnam, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 71.6 percentage points, or 3.35 times that in Vietnam.
United KingdomVietnamIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • United Kingdom has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
  • In 2025, United Kingdom ranked 12 and Vietnam ranked 126 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts United Kingdom at 100.2% of GDP and Vietnam at 24.5% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearUnited KingdomVietnam
2025102.130.5
202499.431.2
202398.334.3
202297.134.9
202110339.2
2020104.441.3
201984.541
201885.343.8
201785.946.6
201687.247.9
201587.346.1
201486.443.4
201384.841.4
20128438.3
20118136.2
201075.537.3
200964.636.2
200850.731.1
200743.132.2
200642.130.3
20054128.7
200439.829.4
200336.829.8
200235.527.7
20013525.4
200037.724.8
199940.5–
199842–
199744.1–
199643.7–
199543.7–
199440.8–
199338–
199233.3–
199128.5–
199028.5–
198932.6–
198837.1–
198739.3–
198641.4–
198541.4–
198442.3–
198341.9–
198243.1–
198144.9–
198042.7–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearUnited KingdomVietnam
202610228.3
2027102.526.2
2028102.325.3
2029101.624.6
2030100.924.4
2031100.224.5

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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