Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown in Viet Nam

Viet Nam: Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown was 73.5% in 2018. ▼ Falling

Latest (2018)
73.5%
Change on year
down 2.2%
World rank
6th
of 27 countries
All-time high
81.5%
in 2007
All-time low
73.5%
in 2018
Years of data
8
2007–2018

Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown in Viet Nam, 2007–2018

0204060802007201220182007: 81.52009: 81.52013: 79.92014: 77.42015: 76.72016: 75.32017: 75.12018: 73.5

Source: UN Open Data Hub. Available at: https://unstats-undesa.opendata.arcgis.com/.

Analysis

In 2018, informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown in Viet Nam stood at 73.5%. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.

The figure is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 9.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown in Viet Nam peaked at 81.5% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 73.5%, in 2018.

That places Viet Nam 6th out of 27 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.

Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown in Viet Nam, year by year

Annual values for Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown - Male in Viet Nam, 2007 to 2018.
Year Value Change
2007 81.5%
2009 81.5% -0.1%
2013 79.9% -1.9%
2014 77.4% -3.2%
2015 76.7% -0.9%
2016 75.3% -1.8%
2017 75.1% -0.2%
2018 73.5% -2.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 81.5% 81.5% 81.5% 2
2010s 76.3% 73.5% 79.9% 6

Countries ranked near Viet Nam

  1. 3 Pakistan 79.3% compare
  2. 4 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 79.0% compare
  3. 5 Sri Lanka 75.6% compare
  4. 7 Ecuador 71.5% compare
  5. 8 Paraguay 69.0% compare
  6. 9 El Salvador 67.2% compare

See the full ranking of 27 places →

More reference data data for Viet Nam

All data for Viet Nam →

Frequently asked questions

What is informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown in Viet Nam?
Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown in Viet Nam was 73.5% in 2018, according to UN Open Data Hub. Available at: https://unstats-undesa.opendata.arcgis.com/.
What is the highest informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown recorded in Viet Nam?
The highest recorded value was 81.5% in 2007.
What is the lowest informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown recorded in Viet Nam?
The lowest recorded value was 73.5% in 2018.
How does Viet Nam rank for informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown?
Viet Nam ranks 6th out of 27 countries with data for 2018.
Is informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown rising or falling in Viet Nam?
Over the last ten years it is down 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Viet Nam data come from?
The figures come from UN Open Data Hub. Available at: https://unstats-undesa.opendata.arcgis.com/, published as part of Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown - Male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 8 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown in Viet Nam. Statizoid, drawing on UN Open Data Hub. Available at: https://unstats-undesa.opendata.arcgis.com/. Retrieved 10 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/informal-employment-by-sector-and-gender-percent-of-total-no-breakdown-male/viet-nam/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/informal-employment-by-sector-and-gender-percent-of-total-no-breakdown-male/viet-nam/">Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown in Viet Nam</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown - Male
Source
UN Open Data Hub. Available at: https://unstats-undesa.opendata.arcgis.com/
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
27 places, 272 data points, 2000–2019
Last refreshed

This indicator presents the share of employment that had no-breakdown as either non-agricultural or agricultural (male), which is classified as informal employment in the total economy. Data is taken from the United Nations Sustainable Goals, representing Indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total employment, by sector and sex.