ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Viet Nam

Viet Nam: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of was 57 % in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
57 %
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
4th
of 4 countries
All-time high
76.4 %
in 2007
All-time low
48.3 %
in 2021
Years of data
17
2007–2024

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Viet Nam, 2007–2024

0204060802007201520242007: 76.4 %2009: 73.3 %2010: 73.8 %2011: 72.7 %2012: 72.8 %2013: 72.4 %2014: 72.1 %2015: 68.6 %2016: 66.7 %2017: 64.5 %2018: 62.2 %2019: 59.6 %2020: 57.8 %2021: 48.3 %2022: 57.8 %2023: 56.4 %2024: 57 %

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.

Analysis

The most recent figure for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Viet Nam is 57 %, measured in 2024.

The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and down 20.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Viet Nam peaked at 76.4 % in 2007 and was at its lowest, 48.3 %, in 2021.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Viet Nam, year by year

Annual values for ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, self-employed, rural areas — Value in Viet Nam, 2007 to 2024.
Year % Change
2007 76.4 %
2009 73.3 % -4.1%
2010 73.8 % +0.7%
2011 72.7 % -1.5%
2012 72.8 % +0.1%
2013 72.4 % -0.5%
2014 72.1 % -0.4%
2015 68.6 % -4.9%
2016 66.7 % -2.8%
2017 64.5 % -3.3%
2018 62.2 % -3.6%
2019 59.6 % -4.2%
2020 57.8 % -3.0%
2021 48.3 % -16.4%
2022 57.8 % +19.7%
2023 56.4 % -2.4%
2024 57 % +1.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 74.85 % 73.3 % 76.4 % 2
2010s 68.54 % 59.6 % 73.8 % 10
2020s 55.46 % 48.3 % 57.8 % 5

Countries ranked near Viet Nam

  1. 1 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 85.2 % compare
  2. 1 Côte d'Ivoire 78.4 % compare
  3. 1 Mali 94.2 % compare
  4. 2 Mongolia 87.7 % compare
  5. 2 Republic of Moldova 67.2 % compare
  6. 3 Türkiye 64.9 % compare
  7. 3 Zambia 87.4 % compare
  8. 4 Angola 84.8 % compare
  9. 5 India 83.6 % compare
  10. 6 Senegal 80.2 % compare
  11. 7 Zimbabwe 75.2 % compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Viet Nam?
Ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Viet Nam was 57 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Viet Nam?
The highest recorded value was 76.4 % in 2007.
What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Viet Nam?
The lowest recorded value was 48.3 % in 2021.
How does Viet Nam rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of?
Viet Nam ranks 4th out of 4 countries with data for 2024.
Is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of rising or falling in Viet Nam?
Over the last ten years it is down 20.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Viet Nam data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, self-employed, rural areas — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, self-employed, rural areas — Value
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
78 places, 1,460 data points, 1987–2025
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The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database.