Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Vietnam
Vietnam: Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median was 8.0% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median 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 relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Vietnam is 8.0%, measured in 2022.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and up 15.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Vietnam peaked at 8.2% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2.6%, in 1997.
That places Vietnam 41st out of 120 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Vietnam, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 3.0% | — |
| 1997 | 2.6% | -15.3% |
| 2002 | 3.0% | +17.0% |
| 2004 | 5.0% | +67.0% |
| 2006 | 5.8% | +15.4% |
| 2008 | 4.9% | -14.6% |
| 2010 | 7.6% | +53.7% |
| 2012 | 6.9% | -8.6% |
| 2014 | 7.5% | +9.0% |
| 2016 | 7.6% | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 8.2% | +7.5% |
| 2020 | 8.1% | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 8.0% | -1.9% |
Vietnam compared with similar countries
- Vietnam's 8.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8.0%, 1.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Vietnam's 8.0% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 5.1%, 1.6× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.8% | 2.6% | 3.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.7% | 3.0% | 5.8% | 4 |
| 2010s | 7.6% | 6.9% | 8.2% | 5 |
| 2020s | 8.0% | 8.0% | 8.1% | 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 relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Vietnam?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Vietnam was 8.0% in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 8.2% in 2018.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6% in 1997.
- How does Vietnam rank for relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median?
- Vietnam ranks 41st out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median. 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% of the median.