Manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment in Vietnam
Vietnam: Manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment was 22.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment in Vietnam, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Industrial Development Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment in Vietnam is 22.0%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 52.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment in Vietnam peaked at 22.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9.2%, in 2000.
Vietnam ranks 5th of 152 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment in Vietnam, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9.2% | — |
| 2001 | 9.7% | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 10.1% | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 11.0% | +8.6% |
| 2004 | 11.7% | +6.8% |
| 2006 | 14.8% | +26.9% |
| 2007 | 13.8% | -7.3% |
| 2009 | 14.5% | +5.2% |
| 2010 | 14.3% | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 13.8% | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 13.8% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 13.9% | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 14.4% | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 15.7% | +8.7% |
| 2016 | 16.7% | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 17.4% | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 17.9% | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 20.2% | +13.0% |
| 2020 | 21.3% | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 21.0% | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 21.4% | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 21.7% | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 22.0% | +1.1% |
Vietnam compared with similar countries
- Vietnam's 22.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 10.6%, 2.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Vietnam's 22.0% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 8.6%, 2.6× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +26.9% | 11.7% | 14.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.8% | 9.2% | 14.8% | 8 |
| 2010s | 15.8% | 13.8% | 20.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.5% | 21.0% | 22.0% | 5 |
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 manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment in Vietnam?
- Manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment in Vietnam was 22.0% in 2024, according to United Nations Industrial Development Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment recorded in Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 22.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.2% in 2000.
- How does Vietnam rank for manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment?
- Vietnam ranks 5th out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vietnam data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Industrial Development Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th ICLS (%).