Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP (%) in Vietnam

Vietnam: Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP (%) was 0.5% in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
0.5%
Change on year
up 30.7%
World rank
84th
of 90 countries
All-time high
0.6%
in 2013
All-time low
0.0%
in 2017
Years of data
14
2007–2020

Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP in Vietnam, 2007–2020

00.20.40.62007201320202007: 0.24 %2008: 0.179 %2009: 0.346 %2010: 0.223 %2011: 0.202 %2012: 0.503 %2013: 0.574 %2014: 0.532 %2015: 0.509 %2016: 0.207 %2017: 0.02 %2018: 0.314 %2019: 0.409 %2020: 0.535 %

Source: Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Measured in %.

Analysis

Vietnam recorded 0.5% for outstanding international private debt securities to gdp in 2020.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 30.7% on the previous year and up 140.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, outstanding international private debt securities to gdp in Vietnam peaked at 0.6% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2017.

That places Vietnam 84th out of 90 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.

Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP (%) in Vietnam, year by year

Annual values for Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP (%) in Vietnam, 2007 to 2020.
Year % Change
2007 0.2% —
2008 0.2% -25.7%
2009 0.3% +93.9%
2010 0.2% -35.7%
2011 0.2% -9.2%
2012 0.5% +148.9%
2013 0.6% +14.1%
2014 0.5% -7.4%
2015 0.5% -4.2%
2016 0.2% -59.3%
2017 0.0% -90.5%
2018 0.3% +1499.1%
2019 0.4% +30.2%
2020 0.5% +30.7%

Vietnam compared with similar countries

  • Vietnam's 0.5% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7.8%, 7% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
  • Vietnam's 0.5% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 8.1%, 7% of the median. (15 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP (%) in Vietnam changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2018 +1499.1% 0.0% 0.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 3
2010s 0.3% 0.0% 0.6% 10
2020s 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 1

Countries ranked near Vietnam

  1. 81 Pakistan 0.8% compare
  2. 82 Aruba 0.6% compare
  3. 83 Dominican Republic 0.6% compare
  4. 85 Bolivia 0.4% compare
  5. 86 Jordan 0.4%
  6. 87 Uruguay 0.4% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is outstanding international private debt securities to gdp in Vietnam?
Outstanding international private debt securities to gdp in Vietnam was 0.5% in 2020, according to Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
What is the highest outstanding international private debt securities to gdp recorded in Vietnam?
The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2013.
What is the lowest outstanding international private debt securities to gdp recorded in Vietnam?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2017.
How does Vietnam rank for outstanding international private debt securities to gdp?
Vietnam ranks 84th out of 90 countries with data for 2020.
Is outstanding international private debt securities to gdp rising or falling in Vietnam?
Over the last ten years it is up 140.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Vietnam data come from?
The figures come from Bank for International Settlements (BIS), published as part of Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP (%)
Unit
%
Source
Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
90 places, 2,337 data points, 1980–2020
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Amount of private international debt securities (amounts outstanding), as a share of GDP. It covers long-term bonds and notes and money market instruments placed on international markets. (Table 12A (international debt amount: all issuers) - Table 12D (international debt amount: governments)) / GDP. End of year data (i.e. December data) are considered for debt securities. The figures are deflated using the following methodology: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is the level intenational private debt, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. GDP is from World Development Indicators.End-of period CPI is taken from IFS line 64M..ZF month of December (or if not available Q4). Average annual CPI is constructed from the monthly CPI figure taken from IFS line 64..ZF.