United States vs Vietnam

United States vs Vietnam: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 124.4% of GDP in United States and 30.5% of GDP in Vietnam, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 93.9 percentage points, or 4.08 times that in Vietnam.

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% of GDP · IMF

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United States vs Vietnam: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 124.4% of GDP in United States and 30.5% of GDP in Vietnam, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 93.9 percentage points, or 4.08 times that in Vietnam.
United StatesVietnamIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

Latest figures

% of GDP · IMF

CountryLatest10 years beforeRank in 2025Projected
United States124.4 2025105.56 of 149145 2031
Vietnam30.5 202546.1126 of 14924.5 2031

What the numbers say

  • United States has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2001.
  • In 2025, United States ranked 6 and Vietnam ranked 126 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts United States at 145% of GDP and Vietnam at 24.5% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearUnited StatesVietnam
2025124.430.5
2024122.331.2
202312034.3
2022119.234.9
202112539.2
2020132.641.3
2019108.841
2018107.743.8
2017106.546.6
2016107.547.9
2015105.546.1
201410543.4
201310541.4
2012103.738.3
201110036.2
201095.737.3
200987.136.2
200873.931.1
20076532.2
200664.630.3
200565.828.7
200466.429.4
20035929.8
200255.927.7
200153.525.4
2000–24.8
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearUnited StatesVietnam
2026126.828.3
2027128.726.2
2028132.325.3
2029136.424.6
2030140.724.4
203114524.5

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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