Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO) in Vietnam
Vietnam: Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO) was 7.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Vietnam, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Vietnam recorded 7.9% for contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 4.4% on the previous year and down 30.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Vietnam peaked at 27.6% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 7.9%, in 2025.
That places Vietnam 44th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO) in Vietnam, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 27.6% | — |
| 1992 | 27.4% | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 27.0% | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 26.4% | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 26.2% | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 25.7% | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 19.2% | -25.1% |
| 1998 | 18.0% | -6.2% |
| 1999 | 18.7% | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 17.5% | -6.8% |
| 2001 | 18.1% | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 19.4% | +7.4% |
| 2003 | 17.6% | -9.5% |
| 2004 | 14.2% | -19.4% |
| 2005 | 13.8% | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 13.4% | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 13.0% | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 12.4% | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 11.7% | -5.1% |
| 2010 | 12.9% | +10.4% |
| 2011 | 12.4% | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 12.1% | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 12.0% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 16.5% | +37.8% |
| 2015 | 11.4% | -31.0% |
| 2016 | 10.4% | -9.0% |
| 2017 | 10.1% | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 9.8% | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 9.4% | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 9.5% | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 9.3% | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 9.1% | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 8.7% | -4.0% |
| 2024 | 8.3% | -4.4% |
| 2025 | 7.9% | -4.4% |
Vietnam compared with similar countries
- Vietnam's 7.9% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.2%, 3.5× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Vietnam's 7.9% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2.8%, 2.8× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO) 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +37.8% | 12.0% | 16.5% |
| 2015 | -31.0% | 16.5% | 11.4% |
| 1997 | -25.1% | 25.7% | 19.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 24.0% | 18.0% | 27.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | 15.1% | 11.7% | 19.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.7% | 9.4% | 16.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.8% | 7.9% | 9.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Vietnam
More work & labour data for Vietnam
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 22,535 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 71.95 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 57,816 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 1.61 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 0.806 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 30,426 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 8,480 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 70.79 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 3.1 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.7361 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Vietnam?
- Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Vietnam was 7.9% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) recorded in Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 27.6% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.9% in 2025.
- How does Vietnam rank for contributing family workers, male (% of male employment)?
- Vietnam ranks 44th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Vietnam data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Contributing family workers are those workers who hold "self-employment jobs" as own-account workers in a market-oriented establishment operated by a related person living in the same household.