Pakistan vs Vietnam: External debt stocks, total

Pakistan

129.72 billion DOD, current US$

in 2024

Vietnam

132.91 billion DOD, current US$

in 2024

Pakistan rank

17th

Vietnam rank

16th

External debt stocks, total over time

Pakistan
Vietnam

How they compare

Vietnam currently reports 132.91 billion DOD, current US$ against 129.72 billion DOD, current US$ in Pakistan, a difference of 3.19 billion DOD, current US$.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Pakistan ahead.

Globally, Pakistan ranks 17th and Vietnam ranks 16th of 121 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$)
Unit: DOD, current US$
Source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 133 places, 6,444 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars.