Vietnam Poverty Rate 1992-2024
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- Vietnam poverty rate for 2022 was 19.70%, a 1% increase from 2020.
- Vietnam poverty rate for 2020 was 18.70%, a 3.5% decline from 2018.
- Vietnam poverty rate for 2018 was 22.20%, a 4.9% decline from 2016.
- Vietnam poverty rate for 2016 was 27.10%, a 7.8% decline from 2014.
Vietnam Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
2022 |
19.70% |
1.00% |
2020 |
18.70% |
-3.50% |
2018 |
22.20% |
-4.90% |
2016 |
27.10% |
-7.80% |
2014 |
34.90% |
-5.80% |
2012 |
40.70% |
-6.00% |
2010 |
46.70% |
-31.00% |
2008 |
77.70% |
-2.10% |
2006 |
79.80% |
-4.40% |
2004 |
84.20% |
-4.70% |
2002 |
88.90% |
-0.10% |
1997 |
89.00% |
-5.30% |
1992 |
94.30% |
-5.30% |