Unemployment rate in Vietnam

In 2020, the unemployment rate is estimated at 2.26%, of which the unemployment rate in urban area is 3.61%; in rural areas it is 1.59%.

According to the General Statistics Office, the labor and employment situation in the fourth quarter of 2020 showed many signs of improvement compared to the previous quarter, but due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, the unemployment and underemployment rate for the whole year. 2020 is higher than 2019 while the number of employed, salaried workers’ income is lower than the previous year.

Unemployment rate of labour force at working age by region from 2010-2020 (%)

Data of unemployment rate of labour force at working age by region from 2010-2020 (%) (GSO)

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Whole Country	2.88	2.22	1.96	2.18	2.1	2.34	2.29	2.22	2.19	2.27	2.48
Urban	4.29	3.6	3.25	3.58	3.4	3.56	3.21	3.17	3.1	3.11	3.88
Rural	2.3	1.71	1.42	1.58	1.49	1.9	1.84	1.77	1.74	1.69	1.75

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Unemployment rate of labour force at working age by sex from 2010 to 2019 (%)

Data of unemployment rate of labour force at working age by sex from 2010 to 2019 (%)

	General	Male	Female
2008	2.38	4.65	1.53
2009	2.9	4.6	2.25
2010	2.88	4.29	2.3
2011	2.22	3.6	1.6
2012	1.96	3.21	1.39
2013	2.18	3.59	1.54
2014	2.1	2.09	2.1
2015	2.33	2.39	2.26
2016	2.3	2.37	2.22
2017	2.24	2.36	2.11
2018	2.19	1.97	2.46
2019	2.17	2.09	2.26

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Unemployment rate of labour force at working age by age from 2014 to 2019 (%)

Data of unemployment rate of labour force at working age by age from 2014 to 2019 (%)

	General	15-24	25-49	50+
2014	2.1	6.26	1.18	3.52
2015	2.33	7.03	1.49	0.86
2016	2.3	7.43	1.46	0.84
2017	2.24	7.5	1.36	0.86
2018	2.19	6.92	1.49	0.99
2019	2.17	6.51	1.59	0.7

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