Data · Growth & economic structure
Number of persons engaged (in millions): Vietnam, 1970–2023
- Latest (2023)
- 54.96 million people
- Source
- Groningen Growth and Development Centre
- Code
- emp
- Frequency
- Yearly
Definition
Number of persons engaged (in millions)
What the series shows
The series runs from 1970 to 2023 (54 years of data). It moved from 15.20 to 54.96 million people, a change of 261.5%. The highest value was 55.05 in 2022 and the lowest 15.20 in 1970. The comparison below sets Vietnam against 9 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 (million people) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 54.96 |
| 2022 | 55.05 |
| 2021 | 53.40 |
| 2020 | 53.33 |
| 2019 | 54.57 |
| 2018 | 54.25 |
| 2017 | 53.70 |
| 2016 | 53.30 |
| 2015 | 52.84 |
| 2014 | 52.74 |
| 2013 | 52.21 |
| 2012 | 51.42 |
| 2011 | 50.35 |
| 2010 | 49.05 |
| 2009 | 47.74 |
| 2008 | 46.46 |
| 2007 | 45.21 |
| 2006 | 44.44 |
| 2005 | 42.77 |
| 2004 | 41.18 |
| 2003 | 40.04 |
| 2002 | 39.09 |
| 2001 | 37.42 |
| 2000 | 36.70 |
| 1999 | 35.90 |
| 1998 | 34.68 |
| 1997 | 33.36 |
| 1996 | 34.59 |
| 1995 | 33.90 |
| 1994 | 33.14 |
| 1993 | 32.42 |
| 1992 | 31.72 |
| 1991 | 31.02 |
| 1990 | 30.34 |
| 1989 | 29.61 |
| 1988 | 28.97 |
| 1987 | 28.28 |
| 1986 | 27.56 |
| 1985 | 26.81 |
| 1984 | 26.00 |
| 1983 | 25.26 |
| 1982 | 24.51 |
| 1981 | 23.81 |
| 1980 | 23.13 |
| 1979 | 22.54 |
| 1978 | 22.07 |
| 1977 | 21.38 |
| 1976 | 20.83 |
| 1975 | 19.71 |
| 1974 | 18.41 |
| 1973 | 17.12 |
| 1972 | 16.42 |
| 1971 | 16.29 |
| 1970 | 15.20 |
Comparison with other countries
| Country | Latest year | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 2023 | 54.96 |
| Thailand | 2023 | 39.84 |
| Indonesia | 2023 | 139.67 |
| Malaysia | 2023 | 15.55 |
| Philippines | 2023 | 47.43 |
| Singapore | 2023 | 3.97 |
| Cambodia | 2023 | 9.14 |
| Laos | 2023 | 4.40 |
| Myanmar | 2023 | 20.63 |
| China | 2023 | 751.18 |
How to cite (APA 7)
Feenstra, R. C., Inklaar, R., & Timmer, M. P.. (2025). Number of persons engaged (in millions), 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_emp, ready for Stata, R or SPSS.