Vietnam Poverty Rate 1992-2021
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 2018 was 23.60%, a 5.4% decline from 2016.
- Vietnam poverty rate for 2016 was 29.00%, a 6.9% decline from 2014.
- Vietnam poverty rate for 2014 was 35.90%, a 5.6% decline from 2012.
- Vietnam poverty rate for 2012 was 41.50%, a 6.2% decline from 2010.
| Vietnam Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2018 |
23.60% |
-5.40% |
| 2016 |
29.00% |
-6.90% |
| 2014 |
35.90% |
-5.60% |
| 2012 |
41.50% |
-6.20% |
| 2010 |
47.70% |
-30.70% |
| 2008 |
78.40% |
-2.20% |
| 2006 |
80.60% |
-4.10% |
| 2004 |
84.70% |
-4.50% |
| 2002 |
89.20% |
-0.80% |
| 1998 |
90.00% |
-4.40% |
| 1992 |
94.40% |
-4.40% |
