Gender in Vietnam

233 indicators covering gender for Vietnam.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Parenthood Score 80 2023 up 33.3% 39th
Can a Woman Travel Outside the Country in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Travel Outside Her Home in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Choose Where to Live in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Apply For a Passport in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Mobility Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Work in a Job Deemed Dangerous in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 1st
Can a Woman Work in An Industrial Job in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 1st
Can a Woman Work at Night in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Does the Law Mandate Equal Remuneration For Work of Equal Value? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Pay Score 100 2023 up 100.0% 1st
Can a Woman Obtain a Judgment of Divorce in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Be Head of Household in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Is There No Legal Provision That Requires a Married Woman to Obey Her 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Does a Woman Have the Same Rights to Remarry as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Is There Legislation Specifically Addressing Domestic Violence? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Marriage Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st
Are Periods of Absence Due to Childcare Accounted For in Pension 1 2023 1st
Is the Mandatory Retirement Age For Men and Women the Same? 0 2023 down 100.0% 174th
Is the Age at Which Men and Women Can Retire With Partial Pension 0 2023 154th
Is the Age at Which Men and Women Can Retire With Full Pension 0 2023 128th
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Pension Score 25 2023 unchanged 166th
Can a Woman Get a Job in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Workplace Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st
Women Business and the Law Index 88.12 2023 up 11.0% 55th
Women Business and the Law Index 88.12 2023 up 11.0% 55th
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 84.5% 2025 down 20.4% 157th
Share of female employment by economic sector 24.4% 2025 down 46.3% 70th
Maternal Mortality Ratio, Modeled Estimate 48 2023 down 20.0% 95th
Prevalence rate of hypertension in men aged 30-79 32.9 2019 up 1.9% 149th
Prevalence rate of hypertension in women aged 30-79 26.4 2019 up 6.5% 168th
Total Fertility Rate 1.94 2022 up 0.7% 107th
Tertiary Gross Enrollment Rate 37.59 2024 up 20.0% 107th
Women have the same rights to remarry as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 7.1% 2025 down 21.5% 170th
Women of reproductive age 25.84 million 2023 down 0.4% 14th
Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern 78.5% 2026 up 0.8% 59th
Share of people who don't drink alcohol, men vs women 21.9% 2020 down 13.0% 117th
Number of seats held by women in national parliaments 149 2026 up 23.1% 15th
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 31.6% 2026 up 29.9% 71st
Share of women in ministerial positions 11.1% 2024 up 22.1% 149th
Share of women in parliament 31.4% 2025 up 29.2% 66th
Preprimary Gross Enrollment Rate 92.45 2021 up 24.0% 51st
Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) 40.3% 2016 down 6.0% 35th
Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) 39.5% 2016 down 17.6% 52nd
Proportion of Seats Held By Women in National Parliaments 30.63 2024 up 26.1% 66th
Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament 0.61 ratio 2026 up 17.3% 63rd
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) 92.6% 2024 down 13.6% 124th
Share of pregnant women who have anemia 25.3% 2023 down 4.9% 122nd
Number of women of reproductive age (aged 15-49 years) with anaemia 5,260 2023 up 10.6% 18th
Proportion of women aged 15-49 years with anaemia 20.5% 2023 up 9.6% 152nd
Proportion of women aged 15-49 years with anaemia, pregnant 25.3% 2023 down 4.9% 130th
Proportion of women aged 15-49 years with anaemia, non-pregnant 20.4% 2023 up 11.5% 152nd
Prevalence of anaemia in women aged 15-49 20.5 2023 up 9.6% 142nd
Gender Development Index 1.01 2022 up 0.6% 21st
Proportion of women in managerial positions - 13th ICLS 28.6% 2024 up 24.9% 106th
Literacy rate, adult female 95.1% 2022 up 4.0% 29th
Access to anti-retroviral drugs, female 72.0% 2024 up 33.3% 76th
Access to anti-retroviral drugs, male 75.0% 2024 up 108.3% 55th
Gender Inequality Index 0.378 2022 up 1.1% 73rd