NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education … 15-29 in Vietnam
Vietnam: NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education … 15-29 was 10.69 in 2024. ▲ Rising
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training in Vietnam, 2007–2024
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
The most recent figure for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Vietnam is 10.69, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.8% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Vietnam peaked at 14.65 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 8.17, in 2011.
That places Vietnam 94th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education … 15-29 in Vietnam, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 10.13 | — |
| 2009 | 10.47 | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 8.27 | -21.1% |
| 2011 | 8.17 | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 9.2 | +12.6% |
| 2013 | 9.82 | +6.8% |
| 2014 | 9.9 | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 10.81 | +9.2% |
| 2016 | 10.78 | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 10.65 | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 9.33 | -12.5% |
| 2019 | 12.34 | +32.3% |
| 2020 | 13.25 | +7.4% |
| 2021 | 14.65 | +10.6% |
| 2022 | 11.23 | -23.4% |
| 2023 | 11.35 | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 10.69 | -5.8% |
Vietnam compared with similar countries
- Vietnam's 10.69 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 20.57, 52% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Vietnam's 10.69 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 16.91, 63% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.3 | 10.13 | 10.47 | 2 |
| 2010s | 9.93 | 8.17 | 12.34 | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.23 | 10.69 | 14.65 | 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 neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Vietnam?
- Neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training in Vietnam was 10.69 in 2024, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 14.65 in 2021.
- What is the lowest neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.17 in 2011.
- How does Vietnam rank for neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training?
- Vietnam ranks 94th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is neet rate: share of youth not in employment, education or training rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vietnam data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) (15-29). 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 is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have implemented the 19th ICLS standards, for which data are also available in the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database. This indicator refers to the proportion of youth who are not in employment and not in education or training. Youth not in education are those who were neither enrolled in school nor in a formal training program (e.g. vocational training). For statistical purposes, youth are defined as persons between the ages of 15 and 24 years. For more information, refer to the Labour Force Statistics (LFS and STLFS) database description.