Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Vietnam
Vietnam: Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) was 1.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Employers, total (% of total employment) in Vietnam, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, employers, total (% of total employment) in Vietnam stood at 1.9%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 32.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employers, total (% of total employment) in Vietnam peaked at 4.8% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 1.9%, in 2022.
Vietnam ranks 140th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Vietnam, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 3.4% | — |
| 1992 | 3.5% | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 3.5% | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 3.5% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 3.5% | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 3.6% | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 3.0% | -16.1% |
| 1998 | 2.9% | -4.2% |
| 1999 | 3.0% | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 3.1% | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 3.2% | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 3.3% | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 3.2% | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 3.4% | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 3.4% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 3.4% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 3.4% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 4.1% | +20.1% |
| 2009 | 4.8% | +16.6% |
| 2010 | 3.4% | -28.2% |
| 2011 | 2.9% | -15.9% |
| 2012 | 2.7% | -6.8% |
| 2013 | 2.5% | -7.7% |
| 2014 | 2.1% | -16.1% |
| 2015 | 2.9% | +38.8% |
| 2016 | 2.8% | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 2.0% | -28.2% |
| 2018 | 2.1% | +5.3% |
| 2019 | 2.4% | +13.0% |
| 2020 | 2.7% | +12.5% |
| 2021 | 2.1% | -24.0% |
| 2022 | 1.9% | -10.4% |
| 2023 | 1.9% | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 1.9% | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 1.9% | +0.2% |
Vietnam compared with similar countries
- Vietnam's 1.9% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3.7%, 53% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Vietnam's 1.9% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3.2%, 61% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +38.8% | 2.1% | 2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.3% | 2.9% | 3.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | 3.5% | 3.1% | 4.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.6% | 2.0% | 3.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.1% | 1.9% | 2.7% | 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 employers, total (% of total employment) in Vietnam?
- Employers, total (% of total employment) in Vietnam was 1.9% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest employers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 4.8% in 2009.
- What is the lowest employers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.9% in 2022.
- How does Vietnam rank for employers, total (% of total employment)?
- Vietnam ranks 140th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.8%. 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 Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Employers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced), and, in this capacity, have engaged, on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for them as employee(s).