Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in Vietnam
Vietnam: Part time employment, total (% of total employment) was 19.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Part time employment, total in Vietnam, 2007–2024
Source: Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total employment.
Analysis
Vietnam recorded 19.5% for part time employment, total in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 31.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, part time employment, total in Vietnam peaked at 47.8% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 13.0%, in 2007.
That places Vietnam 75th out of 115 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in Vietnam, year by year
| Year | % of total employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 13.0% | — |
| 2009 | 26.4% | +102.8% |
| 2010 | 47.8% | +81.0% |
| 2011 | 21.9% | -54.0% |
| 2012 | 22.9% | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 26.9% | +17.2% |
| 2014 | 28.6% | +6.4% |
| 2015 | 28.0% | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 26.4% | -5.6% |
| 2017 | 30.1% | +14.0% |
| 2018 | 25.6% | -15.1% |
| 2019 | 28.4% | +11.0% |
| 2020 | 27.4% | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 26.0% | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 21.0% | -19.2% |
| 2023 | 20.0% | -4.9% |
| 2024 | 19.5% | -2.3% |
Vietnam compared with similar countries
- Vietnam's 19.5% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 22.8%, 86% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Vietnam's 19.5% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 22.9%, 85% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Part time employment, total (% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +102.8% | 13.0% | 26.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 19.7% | 13.0% | 26.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 28.7% | 21.9% | 47.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.8% | 19.5% | 27.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vietnam
- 72 Iran 20.5% compare
- 73 Latvia 20.2% compare
- 74 Kyrgyzstan 20.1% compare
- 76 Georgia 18.9% compare
- 77 North Macedonia 18.8% compare
- 78 Costa Rica 18.8% compare
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 part time employment, total in Vietnam?
- Part time employment, total in Vietnam was 19.5% in 2024, according to Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest part time employment, total recorded in Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 47.8% in 2010.
- What is the lowest part time employment, total recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.0% in 2007.
- How does Vietnam rank for part time employment, total?
- Vietnam ranks 75th out of 115 countries with data for 2024.
- Is part time employment, total rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Vietnam data come from?
- The figures come from Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Part time employment, total (% of total employment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Part-time employment rate represents the percentage of employment that is part time. Part time employment in this series is based on a common definition of less than 35 actual weekly hours worked.