Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO) in Vietnam
Vietnam: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO) was 46.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Vietnam, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Vietnam stood at 46.7%. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Vietnam peaked at 46.7% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 18.7%, in 1991.
Vietnam ranks 136th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO) in Vietnam, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 18.7% | — |
| 1992 | 19.1% | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 19.7% | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 20.4% | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 20.8% | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 21.3% | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 23.0% | +8.1% |
| 1998 | 25.8% | +12.0% |
| 1999 | 22.8% | -11.4% |
| 2000 | 23.2% | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 25.6% | +10.4% |
| 2002 | 25.2% | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 26.7% | +6.0% |
| 2004 | 30.3% | +13.5% |
| 2005 | 30.8% | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 31.3% | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 31.8% | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 32.7% | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 33.6% | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 33.8% | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 34.7% | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 34.8% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 34.9% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 35.7% | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 39.3% | +10.3% |
| 2016 | 41.2% | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 42.8% | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 43.9% | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 44.3% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 44.1% | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 44.8% | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 45.3% | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 45.7% | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 46.2% | +1.0% |
| 2025 | 46.7% | +1.0% |
Vietnam compared with similar countries
- Vietnam's 46.7% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 67.6%, 69% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Vietnam's 46.7% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 62.3%, 75% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21.3% | 18.7% | 25.8% | 9 |
| 2000s | 29.1% | 23.2% | 33.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 38.6% | 33.8% | 44.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 45.5% | 44.1% | 46.7% | 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 wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Vietnam?
- Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Vietnam was 46.7% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 46.7% in 2025.
- What is the lowest wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.7% in 1991.
- How does Vietnam rank for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Vietnam ranks 136th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.6%. 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 Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Wage and salaried workers (employees) are those workers who hold the type of jobs defined as "paid employment jobs," where the incumbents hold explicit (written or oral) or implicit employment contracts that give them a basic remuneration that is not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work.