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Vietnam Labor and Employment

Name: Vietnam Labor and Employment
Creator: National Statistics Office (NSO)
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Vietnam labour and employment quarterly since 2022: workforce, employed workers, unemployment rate, youth unemployment and informal labour by sector.

Source: National Statistics Office (NSO)Last updated: Jul 11, 2026, 00:09Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Unitthousand persons

Indicator	Q2-2026	Q1-2026	Q4-2025	Q3-2025	Q2-2025	Q1-2025	Q4-2024	Q3-2024	Q2-2024	Q1-2024	Q4-2023	Q3-2023	Q2-2023
Labour force4	53,787.55	53,612	53,844.89	53,356.22	53,094	52,924.2	53,154.93	52,764.86	52,540.8	52,392.18	52,529.61	52,416.1	52,323.5
Male	28,646.13	28,584.7	28,705.71	28,496.33	28,397	28,313.9	28,283.62	28,119.53	27,881.3	27,855.65	28,092.6	28,015.1	27,668.9
Female	25,141.42	25,027.3	25,139.18	24,859.89	24,697	24,610.3	24,871.31	24,645.4	24,659.5	24,536.53	24,437.01	24,401	24,654.6
Urban	21,196.83	21,118.7	21,209.61	20,886.69	20,661.2	20,470.5	20,591	20,444.91	20,240.6	20,077.13	19,633.55	19,587.2	19,505.3
Rural	32,590.72	32,493.3	32,635.28	32,469.53	32,432.8	32,453.7	32,563.88	32,320	32,300.2	32,315.05	32,896	32,828.9	32,818.2
Employed workers3	52,681.97	52,511.84	52,745.31	52,267.83	51,993.72	51,855.13	52,089.08	51,674.22	51,449.56	51,322.98	51,450.03	51,319.59	51,232.16
Agriculture, forestry and fishery	13,294.52	13,265.24	13,397.62	13,357.04	13,484.45	13,480.5	13,527.62	13,679.77	13,666.9	13,785.42	13,788.49	13,808.63	13,827.03
Industry and construction	17,821.11	17,657.07	17,806.82	17,577.08	17,275.02	17,254.95	17,542.02	17,083.4	17,020.59	16,992.3	17,188.59	17,096.61	17,086.6
Services	21,566.35	21,589.53	21,540.88	21,333.7	21,234.25	21,119.74	21,019.5	20,910.99	20,762.13	20,545.32	20,472.95	20,414.35	20,318.6
Unemployment rate in working age2	2.23	2.21	2.22	2.21	2.24	2.2	2.22	2.23	2.29	2.24	2.26	2.3	2.3
Urban	2.49	2.46	2.04	2.76	2.49	2.38	2.37	2.29	2.71	2.64	2.72	2.78	2.75
Rural	2.06	2.04	2.05	1.84	2.08	2.07	2.11	2.2	2.01	1.99	1.98	2.01	2.01
Youth unemployment rate (15-24 years)2	8.67	8.87	9.04	8.98	8.19	7.93	7.96	7.73	8.01	7.99	7.62	7.86	7.41
Urban	9.75	10.67	11.12	12.58	10.23	11.06	9.02	8.31	10.19	10.18	10.2	10.35	9.6
Rural	8.07	7.85	7.81	6.8	7.06	6.32	7.4	7.43	6.86	6.87	6.29	6.6	6.29
Underemployment rate in working age2	1.62	1.67	1.67	1.5	1.73	1.72	1.65	1.87	2.06	2.03	1.98	2.06	2.06
Urban	1.21	1.27	1.27	1.27	1.47	0.98	1.27	1.09	1.53	1.2	1.61	1.83	1.66
Rural	1.9	1.95	1.94	1.65	1.9	2.21	1.91	2.39	2.41	2.58	2.2	2.19	2.31
Informal employment rate4	61.72	62.1	61.92	62.54	63.49	64.3	63.6	63.9	65.21	64.84	65.1	65	65.1
Male	65.4	65.5	65.24	65.88	66.89	67.5	66.7	67.1	68.44	67.87	68.4	67.9	68.1
Female	57.53	58.2	58.12	58.69	59.59	60.6	60.2	60.3	61.55	61.41	61.2	61.8	61.6
Urban	47.06	48.3	46.2	46.35	47.45	48.6	48	48.5	50.13	49.26	49.2	49.5	49.7
Rural	71.2	71	72.1	72.85	73.66	74.2	73.5	73.7	74.58	74.45	74.4	74.3	74.1

Latest reading

Labour force stood at 53,787.55 thousand persons in Q2 2026. That is +0.3% from Q1 2026 and +1.3% from a year earlier. The series on this page is quarterly and runs from Q1 2022 to Q2 2026. Source: National Statistics Office (NSO).

Latest: 53,787.55 thousand persons; Q2 2026
vs previous period: +0.3%; Q1 2026
vs a year earlier: +1.3%

About this data

Vietnam labour and employment quarterly since 2022: workforce, employed workers, unemployment rate, youth unemployment and informal labour by sector. Published by the National Statistics Office (NSO) in thousands of people, tracking breakdowns by gender, urban and rural areas, agriculture, industry and construction.