Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Vietnam

Vulnerable employment in Vietnam in 2025 — 51.4%. Ranked 132 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 26.45 pp.

2025 51.4% −0.47 pp vs 2024
World rank 132of 182
Period maximum 77.84%1991
Period minimum 51.4%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Vietnam, 1991–20255060708019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 77.84%1992: 77.4%1993: 76.8%1994: 76.06%1995: 75.67%1996: 75.13%1997: 73.98%1998: 71.33%1999: 74.18%2000: 73.71%2001: 71.18%2002: 71.57%2003: 70.11%2004: 66.37%2005: 65.83%2006: 65.3%2007: 64.78%2008: 63.17%2009: 61.62%2010: 62.73%2011: 62.44%2012: 62.54%2013: 62.65%2014: 62.25%2015: 57.76%2016: 55.92%2017: 55.12%2018: 53.91%2019: 53.23%2020: 53.13%2021: 53.15%2022: 52.8%2023: 52.34%2024: 51.86%2025: 51.4%
Change over the period: −26.45 pp Annual average: -0.78 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Vietnam 51.4%
World 42.38%
South-Eastern Asia computed 46.83%
Vulnerable employment — Vietnam, by year Vietnam All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 51.4 −0.47 pp
2024 51.86 −0.48 pp
2023 52.34 −0.46 pp
2022 52.8 −0.36 pp
2021 53.15 +0.02 pp
2020 53.13 −0.1 pp
2019 53.23 −0.68 pp
2018 53.91 −1.2 pp
2017 55.12 −0.81 pp
2016 55.92 −1.84 pp
2015 57.76 −4.49 pp
2014 62.25 −0.41 pp
2013 62.65 +0.12 pp
2012 62.54 +0.09 pp
2011 62.44 −0.29 pp
2010 62.73 +1.11 pp
2009 61.62 −1.55 pp
2008 63.17 −1.61 pp
2007 64.78 −0.52 pp
2006 65.3 −0.53 pp
2005 65.83 −0.54 pp
2004 66.37 −3.75 pp
2003 70.11 −1.45 pp
2002 71.57 +0.39 pp
2001 71.18 −2.53 pp
2000 73.71 −0.47 pp
1999 74.18 +2.84 pp
1998 71.33 −2.65 pp
1997 73.98 −1.15 pp
1996 75.13 −0.54 pp
1995 75.67 −0.39 pp
1994 76.06 −0.74 pp
1993 76.8 −0.6 pp
1992 77.4 −0.45 pp
1991 77.84

About the indicator

The share of own-account workers and contributing family workers in total employment. The ILO devised the category as a substitute for informal employment where informality is not measured: such workers usually have no employment contract, no social insurance and no protection against dismissal, and their income depends directly on what they produce. In the poorest countries this share exceeds three quarters of the employed — wage work there is closer to an exception.

Important: Not the same as informal employment: an employee without a contract does not fall into this category, though they are no better protected. The indicator understates informality in countries where off-the-books hiring is widespread.

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