Unemployment / Vietnam
Vietnam Unemployment
Vietnam unemployment data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 1.52%.
COUNTRY: Vietnam
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-08-31 05:08:45
GM ECONOMY RATING
Vietnam · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
AA
88 / 100
Very strong stability
Fiscal stability
n/a
Macroeconomic stability
18.0 / 20
External stability
15.0 / 15
Financial robustness
12.0 / 15
Structural stability
11.0 / 15
Future capacity
10.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
4.5 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 76% of weighted inputs available.
Time range:
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Vietnam · unemployment data as percent of GDP.
Latest
1.52%
Previous
1.60%
Range avg.
1.74%
Rank
101
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CountryVietnam
IndicatorUnemployment
1.52%2025 · Rank 101
Chart range
All indicators
Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Vietnam recorded 1.52% for Unemployment in 2025, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2024, the indicator decreased by 0.08 percentage points, from 1.60% to 1.52%.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (1.74%).
Across the five latest available observations (2021–2025), the pattern is predominantly downward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 1.16% in 2018 and the high was 2.38% in 2021.
Comparison
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