Informal employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) (15+) in Vietnam
Vietnam: Informal employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) (15+) was 33,214 in 2024. ▬ Flat
Informal employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) in Vietnam, 2020–2024
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
Vietnam recorded 33,214 for informal employment (current ilo definition - icls19) in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 0.4% over five years.
That places Vietnam 2nd out of 47 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Informal employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) (15+) in Vietnam, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 33,362 | — |
| 2021 | 33,199 | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 33,296 | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 33,446 | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 33,214 | -0.7% |
Vietnam compared with similar countries
- Vietnam's 33,214 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 549.55, 60.4× the median. (11 countries reporting)
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 informal employment (current ilo definition - icls19) in Vietnam?
- Informal employment (current ilo definition - icls19) in Vietnam was 33,214 in 2024, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest informal employment (current ilo definition - icls19) recorded in Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 33,446 in 2023.
- What is the lowest informal employment (current ilo definition - icls19) recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 33,199 in 2021.
- How does Vietnam rank for informal employment (current ilo definition - icls19)?
- Vietnam ranks 2nd out of 47 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Vietnam data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of Informal employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) (15+). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series includes only countries for which the 19th ICLS definitions are applied. This harmonized series for informal employment is derived using the same set of criteria across countries to improve comparability. The criteria used are based on employment status, institutional sector, destination of production, bookkeeping, registration, social security contribution, places of work and size. For more information, refer to the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database description.