Share of youth not in education, employment or training … modeled in Vietnam
Vietnam: Share of youth not in education, employment or training … modeled was 10.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in Vietnam, 2005–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in Vietnam stood at 10.9%.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in Vietnam peaked at 14.9% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 8.2%, in 2010.
That places Vietnam 146th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Share of youth not in education, employment or training … modeled in Vietnam, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 10.9% | — |
| 2006 | 10.8% | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 10.6% | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 10.5% | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 10.3% | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 8.2% | -19.8% |
| 2011 | 8.3% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 9.4% | +13.8% |
| 2013 | 10.0% | +5.8% |
| 2014 | 9.7% | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 9.9% | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 9.5% | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 9.7% | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 8.3% | -14.4% |
| 2019 | 13.2% | +59.4% |
| 2020 | 14.2% | +7.2% |
| 2021 | 14.9% | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 11.1% | -25.9% |
| 2023 | 10.8% | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 10.8% | +0.3% |
| 2025 | 10.9% | +0.3% |
Vietnam compared with similar countries
- Vietnam's 10.9% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 20.0%, 54% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Vietnam's 10.9% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 12.8%, 85% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of youth not in education, employment or training … modeled 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +59.4% | 8.3% | 13.2% |
| 2022 | -25.9% | 14.9% | 11.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.6% | 10.3% | 10.9% | 5 |
| 2010s | 9.6% | 8.2% | 13.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.1% | 10.8% | 14.9% | 6 |
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 share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in Vietnam?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) in Vietnam was 10.9% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) recorded in Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 14.9% in 2021.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.2% in 2010.
- How does Vietnam rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of)?
- Vietnam ranks 146th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of) rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vietnam data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of youth population) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of youth not in education, employment or training (also known as “the NEET rate”) conveys the number of young persons not in education, employment or training as a percentage of the total youth population. Youth not in education are those who were neither enrolled in school nor in a formal training program (e.g. vocational training). For the purposes of this indicator, youth is defined as all persons between the ages of 15 and 24 (inclusive).