Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Self-employed, male (% of male employment) was 48.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Viet Nam, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Viet Nam stood at 48.7%. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Viet Nam peaked at 77.1% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 48.7%, in 2025.
Viet Nam ranks 58th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Viet Nam, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 77.1% | — |
| 1992 | 76.7% | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 76.2% | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 75.4% | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 75.1% | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 74.6% | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 72.3% | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 69.8% | -3.4% |
| 1999 | 72.9% | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 72.1% | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 69.4% | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 70.0% | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 67.9% | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 63.9% | -5.8% |
| 2005 | 63.4% | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 62.8% | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 62.2% | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 61.4% | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 60.6% | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 60.7% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 59.7% | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 59.9% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 60.0% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 59.5% | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 55.8% | -6.1% |
| 2016 | 53.6% | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 52.3% | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 51.8% | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 51.5% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 51.9% | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 51.2% | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 50.1% | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 49.7% | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 49.2% | -1.0% |
| 2025 | 48.7% | -1.0% |
Viet Nam compared with similar countries
- Viet Nam's 48.7% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 32.1%, 1.5× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Viet Nam's 48.7% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 39.6%, 1.2× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 74.4% | 69.8% | 77.1% | 9 |
| 2000s | 65.4% | 60.6% | 72.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 56.5% | 51.5% | 60.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 50.1% | 48.7% | 51.9% | 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)
- 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 self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Viet Nam?
- Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Viet Nam was 48.7% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest self-employed, male (% of male employment) recorded in Viet Nam?
- The highest recorded value was 77.1% in 1991.
- What is the lowest self-employed, male (% of male employment) recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.7% in 2025.
- How does Viet Nam rank for self-employed, male (% of male employment)?
- Viet Nam ranks 58th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Viet Nam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Viet Nam data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include sub-categories of employers, own-account workers and members of producers' cooperatives and contributing family workers.