Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP was 0.5% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP in Viet Nam, 1998–2020
Source: Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, outstanding international public debt securities to gdp in Viet Nam stood at 0.5%. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is down 46.3% on the previous year and down 79.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, outstanding international public debt securities to gdp in Viet Nam peaked at 3.1% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2020.
Viet Nam ranks 106th of 116 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP in Viet Nam, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 2.0% | — |
| 1999 | 1.9% | -5.1% |
| 2000 | 1.7% | -8.0% |
| 2001 | 1.7% | -4.6% |
| 2002 | 3.0% | +79.0% |
| 2003 | 2.6% | -11.3% |
| 2004 | 2.3% | -12.9% |
| 2005 | 3.1% | +33.6% |
| 2006 | 2.6% | -14.4% |
| 2007 | 2.2% | -15.5% |
| 2008 | 1.7% | -23.0% |
| 2009 | 1.6% | -7.9% |
| 2010 | 2.3% | +44.9% |
| 2011 | 1.9% | -14.9% |
| 2012 | 1.4% | -29.6% |
| 2013 | 1.2% | -9.0% |
| 2014 | 1.7% | +35.1% |
| 2015 | 1.6% | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 1.1% | -32.2% |
| 2017 | 1.0% | -8.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | -8.7% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | -6.4% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | -46.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.9% | 1.9% | 2.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 2.3% | 1.6% | 3.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 0.9% | 2.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is outstanding international public debt securities to gdp in Viet Nam?
- Outstanding international public debt securities to gdp in Viet Nam was 0.5% in 2020, according to Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
- What is the highest outstanding international public debt securities to gdp recorded in Viet Nam?
- The highest recorded value was 3.1% in 2005.
- What is the lowest outstanding international public debt securities to gdp recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2020.
- How does Viet Nam rank for outstanding international public debt securities to gdp?
- Viet Nam ranks 106th out of 116 countries with data for 2020.
- Is outstanding international public debt securities to gdp rising or falling in Viet Nam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 79.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Viet Nam data come from?
- The figures come from Bank for International Settlements (BIS), published as part of Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Amount of public 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 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 international public 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.