Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Vietnam
Vietnam: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day was 21.5% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 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
Vietnam recorded 21.5% for poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in 2022.
That represents a change of up 5.4% on the previous year and down 50.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Vietnam peaked at 94.8% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 20.4%, in 2020.
Vietnam ranks 55th of 120 countries on this measure, 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 $8.30 a day in Vietnam, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 94.8% | — |
| 1997 | 89.9% | -5.2% |
| 2002 | 89.6% | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 85.4% | -4.7% |
| 2006 | 81.8% | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 79.0% | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 49.6% | -37.2% |
| 2012 | 43.2% | -12.8% |
| 2014 | 37.9% | -12.3% |
| 2016 | 29.8% | -21.4% |
| 2018 | 24.2% | -18.7% |
| 2020 | 20.4% | -15.8% |
| 2022 | 21.5% | +5.4% |
Vietnam compared with similar countries
- Vietnam's 21.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21.4%, 1.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Vietnam's 21.5% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 21.3%, 1.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 92.3% | 89.9% | 94.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 83.9% | 79.0% | 89.6% | 4 |
| 2010s | 36.9% | 24.2% | 49.6% | 5 |
| 2020s | 21.0% | 20.4% | 21.5% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Vietnam
More poverty & inequality data for Vietnam
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 4 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Vietnam?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Vietnam was 21.5% 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 $8.30 a day recorded in Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 94.8% in 1992.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.4% in 2020.
- How does Vietnam rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day?
- Vietnam ranks 55th out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.3%. 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 $8.30 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 $8.30 per day.