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Viet Nam — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Viet Nam, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
72.78%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -6.9% since 1990
Labor participation for Viet Nam was 72.78% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 78.15% in 1990. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.20% per year.
Viet Nam ranks 24 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 13%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 64.35%, so Viet Nam sits above it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 7% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 6%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
72.78%
First (1990)
78.15%
Change
-6.9%
Highest
78.15%
in 1990
Lowest
72.78%
in 2025
Average
75.76%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.20%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 72.78% |
| 2024 | 73.13% |
| 2023 | 73.55% |
| 2022 | 74.48% |
| 2021 | 73.74% |
| 2020 | 74.37% |
| 2019 | 76.61% |
| 2018 | 77.48% |
| 2017 | 77.2% |
| 2016 | 76.97% |
| 2015 | 77.43% |
| 2014 | 77.31% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.