Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 95.7% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Viet Nam, 1992–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Viet Nam stood at 95.7%.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Viet Nam peaked at 100.0% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 94.1%, in 2020.
That places Viet Nam 58th out of 120 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Viet Nam, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 100.0% | — |
| 1997 | 99.9% | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 99.9% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 99.8% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 98.1% | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 98.4% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 98.2% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 97.4% | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 96.1% | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 94.1% | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 95.7% | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 100.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 99.9% | 99.8% | 99.9% | 4 |
| 2010s | 97.6% | 96.1% | 98.4% | 5 |
| 2020s | 94.9% | 94.1% | 95.7% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Viet Nam
More poverty & inequality data for Viet Nam
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 4 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (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)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 1.55 % change on previous year (2023)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.299 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 12.8% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Viet Nam?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Viet Nam was 95.7% in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Viet Nam?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1992.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 94.1% in 2020.
- How does Viet Nam rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Viet Nam ranks 58th out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Viet Nam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Viet Nam data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.