Extreme poverty rate in Viet Nam
1.6% of people in Viet Nam lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2022.
Viet Nam, 2022
1.6%
Change from 2020
+0.3percentage points
World, 2022
10.9%
Extreme poverty rate in Viet Nam over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Viet Nam | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 10.1% |
| 2023 | – | 10.5% |
| 2022 | 1.6% | 10.9% |
| 2021 | – | 11.3% |
| 2020 | 1.3% | 11.4% |
| 2018 | 2.2% | 11.1% |
| 2017 | – | 11.8% |
| 2016 | 2.5% | 12.6% |
| 2015 | – | 13.4% |
| 2014 | 3.4% | 14.5% |
| 2013 | – | 15.5% |
| 2012 | 3.7% | 17.8% |
| 2011 | – | 19.1% |
| 2010 | 5.2% | 21.0% |
| 2009 | – | 23.1% |
| 2008 | 17.6% | 24.1% |
| 2007 | – | 25.3% |
| 2006 | 23.7% | 27.0% |
| 2005 | – | 28.3% |
| 2004 | 30.9% | 30.3% |
| 2003 | – | 32.2% |
| 2002 | 43.3% | 33.7% |
| 2001 | – | 35.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 1.3% in 2020, a change of +0.3 percentage points.
- Since 2002, when it was 43.3%, the figure has changed by −41.7 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2022 was 10.9%.
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Poverty rate at national poverty lines
4.2%
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Prevalence of undernourishment
6.1%
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Gini index
36.1 (0 to 100)
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Income share held by the richest 10%
28.1%
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Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP)
4.2%
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Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP)
21.5%
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