Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Vietnam
Vietnam: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.5358 in 2018. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Vietnam, 1992–2018
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Vietnam recorded 0.5358 for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in 2018.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Vietnam peaked at 0.5721 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.5311, in 2012.
That places Vietnam 45th out of 109 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5663 | 0.5647 | 0.568 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.5486 | 0.5314 | 0.57 | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.5419 | 0.5311 | 0.5721 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vietnam
More poverty & inequality data for Vietnam
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 4 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.91 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,995 kg per hectare (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.299 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 12.8% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1063 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1063 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1476 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2105 (2023)
- Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 1.6% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Vietnam?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Vietnam was 0.5358 in 2018, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5721 in 2010.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5311 in 2012.
- How does Vietnam rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Vietnam ranks 45th out of 109 countries with data for 2018.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Vietnam data come from?
- The figures come from World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Inequality is measured here in terms of income after taxes and benefits.