Youth unemployment — all countries

Youth unemployment — Vietnam

Youth unemployment in Vietnam in 2025 — 6.17%. Ranked 35 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 1.98 pp.

2025 6.17% −0.17 pp vs 2024
World rank 35of 182
Period maximum 7.12%2017
Period minimum 3.23%2011

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of labor force aged 15–24

Youth unemployment — Vietnam, 1991–202534567819911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 4.18%1992: 4.15%1993: 4.07%1994: 3.99%1995: 3.99%1996: 3.97%1997: 5.99%1998: 4.77%1999: 4.79%2000: 4.73%2001: 5.59%2002: 4.42%2003: 4.72%2004: 4.57%2005: 4.96%2006: 5.4%2007: 5.89%2008: 5.18%2009: 4.43%2010: 3.43%2011: 3.23%2012: 3.63%2013: 4.56%2014: 4.67%2015: 6.27%2016: 6.76%2017: 7.12%2018: 4.65%2019: 5.62%2020: 6.55%2021: 6.9%2022: 6.1%2023: 6.44%2024: 6.34%2025: 6.17%
Change over the period: +1.98 pp Annual average: 0.06 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Vietnam 6.17%
World 13.41%
South-Eastern Asia computed 9.26%
Youth unemployment — Vietnam, by year Vietnam All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 6.17 −0.17 pp
2024 6.34 −0.1 pp
2023 6.44 +0.34 pp
2022 6.1 −0.81 pp
2021 6.9 +0.36 pp
2020 6.55 +0.92 pp
2019 5.62 +0.98 pp
2018 4.65 −2.48 pp
2017 7.12 +0.36 pp
2016 6.76 +0.5 pp
2015 6.27 +1.6 pp
2014 4.67 +0.11 pp
2013 4.56 +0.93 pp
2012 3.63 +0.4 pp
2011 3.23 −0.21 pp
2010 3.43 −1 pp
2009 4.43 −0.75 pp
2008 5.18 −0.7 pp
2007 5.89 +0.48 pp
2006 5.4 +0.44 pp
2005 4.96 +0.39 pp
2004 4.57 −0.15 pp
2003 4.72 +0.3 pp
2002 4.42 −1.17 pp
2001 5.59 +0.86 pp
2000 4.73 −0.05 pp
1999 4.79 +0.02 pp
1998 4.77 −1.23 pp
1997 5.99 +2.02 pp
1996 3.97 −0.01 pp
1995 3.99 −0 pp
1994 3.99 −0.07 pp
1993 4.07 −0.09 pp
1992 4.15 −0.03 pp
1991 4.18 —

About the indicator

The share of the economically active population aged 15–24 that is unemployed. In almost every country youth unemployment runs two to three times above the overall rate: the young have no experience, and their first entry into the labor market puts them up against more qualified workers. A sharp gap with the overall rate points to structural problems in the transition from school to work.

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