Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Vietnam
Vietnam: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 90.8% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Vietnam, 1992–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Vietnam is 90.8%, measured in 2022.
That represents a change of up 2.6% on the previous year and down 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Vietnam peaked at 99.9% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 88.5%, in 2020.
That places Vietnam 55th 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 $30 a day in Vietnam, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 99.9% | — |
| 1997 | 99.7% | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 99.8% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 99.7% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 99.6% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 99.3% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 96.0% | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 96.3% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 96.1% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 93.8% | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 91.2% | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 88.5% | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 90.8% | +2.6% |
Vietnam compared with similar countries
- Vietnam's 90.8% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 90.5%, 1.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Vietnam's 90.8% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 89.0%, 1.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.8% | 99.7% | 99.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 99.6% | 99.3% | 99.8% | 4 |
| 2010s | 94.7% | 91.2% | 96.3% | 5 |
| 2020s | 89.7% | 88.5% | 90.8% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Vietnam
More poverty & inequality data for Vietnam
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 4 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $30 a day in Vietnam?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Vietnam was 90.8% 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 $30 a day recorded in Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 99.9% in 1992.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 88.5% in 2020.
- How does Vietnam rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Vietnam ranks 55th out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Vietnam 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 $30 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 $30 per day.