Labour force participation in Viet Nam
The ILO estimates that 72.8% of people aged 15 and over in Viet Nam were in the labour force in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Viet Nam, 2025
72.8%
Change from 2024
−0.4percentage points
World, 2025
60.8%
Position in 2025
23rd of 181
Labour force participation in Viet Nam over time
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% of working-age population aged 15 and over. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates). Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.
| Period | Viet Nam | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72.8% | 60.8% |
| 2024 | 73.1% | 61.0% |
| 2023 | 73.5% | 61.0% |
| 2022 | 74.5% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 73.7% | 60.4% |
| 2020 | 74.4% | 59.7% |
| 2019 | 76.6% | 61.0% |
| 2018 | 77.5% | 61.2% |
| 2017 | 77.2% | 61.3% |
| 2016 | 77.0% | 61.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 73.1% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 77.4%, the figure has changed by −4.7 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Viet Nam has the 23rd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 60.8%.
More for Viet Nam
All statistics for Viet Nam
Women's labour force participation
68.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
71.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
1.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
6.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
25.0%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
34.8%
2025 · World Bank