What is the difference in labor force, total, per capita between Japan and Viet Nam?

0.0018 units per person, with Japan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Viet Nam?

36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Labor force, total, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Japan vs Viet Nam: Labor force, total, per capita

Japan

0.5632 units per person

in 2025

Viet Nam

0.5614 units per person

in 2025

Japan rank

19th

Viet Nam rank

21st

Labor force, total, per capita over time

Japan
Viet Nam

How they compare

Japan currently reports 0.5632 units per person against 0.5614 units per person in Viet Nam, a difference of 0.0018 units per person.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 19th and Viet Nam ranks 21st of 188 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 1 and Viet Nam in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Japan	Viet Nam	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0.5336 units per person	0.4923 units per person	0.0413 units per person	Japan
2000s	0.5239 units per person	0.5365 units per person	0.0126 units per person	Viet Nam
2010s	0.5226 units per person	0.5828 units per person	0.0602 units per person	Viet Nam
2020s	0.5533 units per person	0.5621 units per person	0.0088 units per person	Viet Nam

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher labor force, total, per capita, Japan or Viet Nam?: Japan, at 0.5632 units per person against 0.5614 units per person in Viet Nam as of 2025.
What is the difference in labor force, total, per capita between Japan and Viet Nam?: 0.0018 units per person, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Viet Nam?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
How do Japan and Viet Nam rank globally for labor force, total, per capita?: Japan ranks 19th and Viet Nam ranks 21st of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Labor force, total, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Labor force, total, per capita
Unit: units per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 234 places, 8,410 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Labor force, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.