Vietnam Poverty Rate 1992-2023
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 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 for 2014 was 34.90%, a 5.8% decline from 2012.
| Vietnam Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 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% |
