Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median was 13.4% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median 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, relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Viet Nam stood at 13.4%.
The figure is down 4.0% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Viet Nam peaked at 14.0% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 7.1%, in 1997.
That places Viet Nam 38th 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 50% of the median in Viet Nam, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 7.9% | — |
| 1997 | 7.1% | -10.0% |
| 2002 | 8.0% | +13.2% |
| 2004 | 10.5% | +31.6% |
| 2006 | 11.6% | +10.5% |
| 2008 | 10.8% | -7.1% |
| 2010 | 13.4% | +23.9% |
| 2012 | 12.8% | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 13.0% | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 13.4% | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 14.0% | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 14.0% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 13.4% | -4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.5% | 7.1% | 7.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 10.2% | 8.0% | 11.6% | 4 |
| 2010s | 13.3% | 12.8% | 14.0% | 5 |
| 2020s | 13.7% | 13.4% | 14.0% | 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 relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Viet Nam?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Viet Nam was 13.4% 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 50% of the median recorded in Viet Nam?
- The highest recorded value was 14.0% in 2020.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.1% in 1997.
- How does Viet Nam rank for relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median?
- Viet Nam ranks 38th out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median rising or falling in Viet Nam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% 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 50% of the median.