Annual growth of GDP per employed person in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Annual growth of GDP per employed person was 5.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Annual growth of GDP per employed person in Viet Nam, 2000–2025
Source: International Labour Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Viet Nam recorded 5.7% for annual growth of gdp per employed person in 2025.
That represents a change of down 10.9% on the previous year and down 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual growth of gdp per employed person in Viet Nam peaked at 8.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2.0%, in 2008.
Viet Nam ranks 8th of 187 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Annual growth of GDP per employed person in Viet Nam, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.6% | — |
| 2001 | 2.2% | -60.6% |
| 2002 | 4.1% | +86.8% |
| 2003 | 5.4% | +31.1% |
| 2004 | 5.5% | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 5.0% | -8.9% |
| 2006 | 3.9% | -21.8% |
| 2007 | 3.6% | -7.9% |
| 2008 | 2.0% | -44.7% |
| 2009 | 2.3% | +15.6% |
| 2010 | 3.6% | +55.7% |
| 2011 | 4.4% | +23.7% |
| 2012 | 4.1% | -8.1% |
| 2013 | 3.3% | -19.2% |
| 2014 | 5.0% | +52.6% |
| 2015 | 6.2% | +22.9% |
| 2016 | 6.2% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 5.7% | -7.6% |
| 2018 | 5.4% | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 8.0% | +49.8% |
| 2020 | 5.2% | -34.7% |
| 2021 | 2.6% | -51.0% |
| 2022 | 5.4% | +110.1% |
| 2023 | 5.3% | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 6.4% | +21.1% |
| 2025 | 5.7% | -10.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.0% | 2.0% | 5.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.2% | 3.3% | 8.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.1% | 2.6% | 6.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Viet Nam
More work & labour data for Viet Nam
- 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)
- 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)
- Legislation on sexual harassment in employment 1 (1=yes; 0=no) (2023)
- Criminal sanctions or compensation for workplace sexual harassment 1 (1=yes; 0=no) (2023)
- Women can take the same jobs as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) (2023)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 72.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual growth of gdp per employed person in Viet Nam?
- Annual growth of gdp per employed person in Viet Nam was 5.7% in 2025, according to International Labour Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual growth of gdp per employed person recorded in Viet Nam?
- The highest recorded value was 8.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest annual growth of gdp per employed person recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.0% in 2008.
- How does Viet Nam rank for annual growth of gdp per employed person?
- Viet Nam ranks 8th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual growth of gdp per employed person rising or falling in Viet Nam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Viet Nam data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual growth of GDP per employed person. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person (%).