Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Vietnam

Employment in services in Vietnam in 2025 — 40.1%. Ranked 152 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 21.4 pp.

2025 40.1% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 152of 182
Period maximum 40.1%2025
Period minimum 18.7%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Vietnam, 1991–2025102030405019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 18.7%1992: 19.2%1993: 19.6%1994: 20.2%1995: 20.5%1996: 20.8%1997: 23.5%1998: 25.1%1999: 24.5%2000: 23.7%2001: 23.5%2002: 24.7%2003: 25.4%2004: 26.3%2005: 28.1%2006: 29.9%2007: 30.3%2008: 30.4%2009: 30.6%2010: 29.6%2011: 30.4%2012: 31.4%2013: 32%2014: 32.2%2015: 33.2%2016: 33.4%2017: 34.1%2018: 35.6%2019: 35.9%2020: 36.3%2021: 37.8%2022: 35.9%2023: 39.5%2024: 39.8%2025: 40.1%
Change over the period: +21.4 pp Annual average: 0.63 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Vietnam

Vietnam 40.1%
World 50.6%
South-Eastern Asia computed 49.5%
Employment in services — Vietnam, by year Vietnam All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 40.1 +0.3 pp
2024 39.8 +0.3 pp
2023 39.5 +3.7 pp
2022 35.9 −2 pp
2021 37.8 +1.5 pp
2020 36.3 +0.4 pp
2019 35.9 +0.3 pp
2018 35.6 +1.5 pp
2017 34.1 +0.7 pp
2016 33.4 +0.1 pp
2015 33.2 +1 pp
2014 32.2 +0.2 pp
2013 32 +0.6 pp
2012 31.4 +1 pp
2011 30.4 +0.8 pp
2010 29.6 −1 pp
2009 30.6 +0.2 pp
2008 30.4 +0.1 pp
2007 30.3 +0.4 pp
2006 29.9 +1.8 pp
2005 28.1 +1.7 pp
2004 26.3 +0.9 pp
2003 25.4 +0.7 pp
2002 24.7 +1.2 pp
2001 23.5 −0.2 pp
2000 23.7 −0.7 pp
1999 24.5 −0.7 pp
1998 25.1 +1.7 pp
1997 23.5 +2.7 pp
1996 20.8 +0.3 pp
1995 20.5 +0.4 pp
1994 20.2 +0.5 pp
1993 19.6 +0.5 pp
1992 19.2 +0.5 pp
1991 18.7

About the indicator

The share of total employment in the service sector: trade, transport, communications, finance, business services, public administration, education, health care. In high-income countries it exceeds 70–80%; the rise of this share is the main line of structural change in labor markets over the past half century.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.