Vietnam: Labour force participation rate, women
Women aged 15 and over who are economically active, as a percentage of the female population aged 15 and over. ILO modelled estimate.
Official statisticSource figures as of October 8, 2026Sources & methods
- Sources
- World Bank
- Period covered
- 1990 – 2025
- Source figures as of
- October 8, 2026
- Geography
- Vietnam
- Sector
- Whole economy (not a single sector)
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not applicable
- Transformations
- Views other than the level (changes, averages, volatility) are calculated by CK Economics from these figures
- Revisions
- Replaced with the source’s latest figures whenever it revises them.
- Data status
- Current
Key figures
CK estimate% of female population aged 15+ · calculated by CK Economics from World Bank data
- Latest · 2025
- 68.6
- −0.4 pp vs a year earlier1
- 5-year change
- −0.5 pp
- since 20202
- 10-year change
- −4.3 pp
- since 20152
- Record high
- 74.7
- 19903
- Record low
- 68.6
- 20253
- Where the latest ranks
- 0th pct.
- Higher than 0% of the other 35 observations since 19904
- 1Latest observation against the observation one year earlier (for weekly data, the nearest within three days).
- 2Latest observation against the observation five and ten years earlier.
- 3Highest and lowest published observations across the full history shown.
- 4Share of the other published observations that are lower than the latest one, rounded down.
Methodology
Women aged 15 and over who are economically active, as a percentage of the female population aged 15 and over. ILO modelled estimate. Compiled by the World Bank from national statistical offices and international agencies; some series (labour force participation) are ILO modelled estimates. Source series SL.TLF.CACT.FE.ZS. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI 2026-10-08). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.CACT.FE.ZS?locations=VNM
All data
36 observations, newest first · % of female population aged 15+
| Period | Value | Change y/y |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68.6 | −0.35 pp |
| 2024 | 68.9 | −0.31 pp |
| 2023 | 69.2 | −0.66 pp |
| 2022 | 69.9 | +0.77 pp |
| 2021 | 69.1 | +0.01 pp |
| 2020 | 69.1 | −2.42 pp |
| 2019 | 71.5 | −1.39 pp |
| 2018 | 72.9 | +0.32 pp |
| 2017 | 72.6 | +0.05 pp |
| 2016 | 72.5 | −0.33 pp |
| 2015 | 72.9 | −0.2 pp |
| 2014 | 73.1 | +0.15 pp |
| 2013 | 72.9 | +0.92 pp |
| 2012 | 72 | +0.27 pp |
| 2011 | 71.7 | −0.02 pp |
| 2010 | 71.7 | −0.18 pp |
| 2009 | 71.9 | +0.36 pp |
| 2008 | 71.6 | +0.41 pp |
| 2007 | 71.1 | +0.41 pp |
| 2006 | 70.7 | +0.35 pp |
| 2005 | 70.4 | +0.28 pp |
| 2004 | 70.1 | −0.25 pp |
| 2003 | 70.4 | −0.48 pp |
| 2002 | 70.8 | −0.66 pp |