Data · Growth & economic structure
Average annual hours worked by persons engaged: Vietnam, 1970–2023
- Latest (2023)
- 2,160 hours per year
- Source
- Groningen Growth and Development Centre
- Code
- avh
- Frequency
- Yearly
Definition
Average annual hours worked by persons engaged
What the series shows
The series runs from 1970 to 2023 (54 years of data). It moved from 2,389 to 2,160 hours per year, a change of -9.5%. The highest value was 2,470 in 2000 and the lowest 2,037 in 2021. The comparison below sets Vietnam against 8 neighbouring economies on the latest available year.
Using it in a thesis
Indicators like this one are typical control or explanatory variables in macro and finance theses: merge the CSV with your other series on the year column, check for missing years before running a regression, and log-transform level variables that grow over time. If you use the series in a panel with other countries, take every country from the same source and vintage so the definitions match. Cite the original publisher, not this site, as shown below.
Values by year
| Year | Value (hours per year) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2,160 |
| 2022 | 2,140 |
| 2021 | 2,037 |
| 2020 | 2,092 |
| 2019 | 2,068 |
| 2018 | 2,144 |
| 2017 | 2,066 |
| 2016 | 2,133 |
| 2015 | 2,107 |
| 2014 | 2,098 |
| 2013 | 2,129 |
| 2012 | 2,172 |
| 2011 | 2,221 |
| 2010 | 2,220 |
| 2009 | 2,215 |
| 2008 | 2,251 |
| 2007 | 2,288 |
| 2006 | 2,282 |
| 2005 | 2,261 |
| 2004 | 2,277 |
| 2003 | 2,327 |
| 2002 | 2,302 |
| 2001 | 2,319 |
| 2000 | 2,470 |
| 1999 | 2,438 |
| 1998 | 2,438 |
| 1997 | 2,392 |
| 1996 | 2,384 |
| 1995 | 2,384 |
| 1994 | 2,389 |
| 1993 | 2,388 |
| 1992 | 2,394 |
| 1991 | 2,399 |
| 1990 | 2,402 |
| 1989 | 2,406 |
| 1988 | 2,407 |
| 1987 | 2,407 |
| 1986 | 2,407 |
| 1985 | 2,405 |
| 1984 | 2,407 |
| 1983 | 2,407 |
| 1982 | 2,405 |
| 1981 | 2,404 |
| 1980 | 2,404 |
| 1979 | 2,402 |
| 1978 | 2,402 |
| 1977 | 2,405 |
| 1976 | 2,403 |
| 1975 | 2,404 |
| 1974 | 2,399 |
| 1973 | 2,398 |
| 1972 | 2,394 |
| 1971 | 2,390 |
| 1970 | 2,389 |
Comparison with other countries
| Country | Latest year | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 2023 | 2,160 |
| Thailand | 2023 | 2,177 |
| Indonesia | 2023 | 1,958 |
| Malaysia | 2023 | 2,308 |
| Philippines | 2023 | 2,096 |
| Singapore | 2023 | 2,283 |
| Cambodia | 2023 | 2,389 |
| Myanmar | 2023 | 2,197 |
| China | 2023 | 2,328 |
How to cite (APA 7)
Feenstra, R. C., Inklaar, R., & Timmer, M. P.. (2025). Average annual hours worked by persons engaged, Vietnam [Data set]. Penn World Table version 11.0. https://www.rug.nl/ggdc/productivity/pwt/
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-29. The CSV has one row per period
with the variable name pwt_avh, ready for Stata, R or SPSS.