Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Vietnam
Vietnam: Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median was 19.9% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% 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
In 2022, relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Vietnam stood at 19.9%.
That represents a change of down 3.1% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Vietnam peaked at 20.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 13.6%, in 1997.
That places Vietnam 44th 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 60% of the median in Vietnam, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 15.3% | — |
| 1997 | 13.6% | -11.2% |
| 2002 | 15.6% | +14.3% |
| 2004 | 17.9% | +15.1% |
| 2006 | 18.9% | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 17.2% | -8.8% |
| 2010 | 19.7% | +14.7% |
| 2012 | 20.4% | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 19.6% | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 20.3% | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 20.4% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 20.5% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 19.9% | -3.1% |
Vietnam compared with similar countries
- Vietnam's 19.9% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19.9%, 100% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Vietnam's 19.9% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 17.5%, 1.1× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.5% | 13.6% | 15.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 17.4% | 15.6% | 18.9% | 4 |
| 2010s | 20.1% | 19.6% | 20.4% | 5 |
| 2020s | 20.2% | 19.9% | 20.5% | 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 60% of the median in Vietnam?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Vietnam was 19.9% 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 60% of the median recorded in Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 20.5% in 2020.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.6% in 1997.
- How does Vietnam rank for relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median?
- Vietnam ranks 44th out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. 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 60% 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 60% of the median.