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Viet Nam — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Viet Nam, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
1.52%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -28.8% since 1991
Unemployment for Viet Nam was 1.52% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 2.87% in 1997. The lowest was 1.00% in 2011 (about 1.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.00% per year.
Viet Nam ranks 177 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 95%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 3.05%, so Viet Nam sits below it. It peaked in 1997 and has fallen 47% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 18%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
1.52%
First (1991)
2.14%
Change
-28.8%
Highest
2.87%
in 1997
Lowest
1.00%
in 2011
Average
1.88%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.00%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.52% |
| 2024 | 1.6% |
| 2023 | 1.65% |
| 2022 | 1.57% |
| 2021 | 2.38% |
| 2020 | 2.1% |
| 2019 | 1.68% |
| 2018 | 1.16% |
| 2017 | 1.87% |
| 2016 | 1.85% |
| 2015 | 1.85% |
| 2014 | 1.26% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. 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.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment 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.