Vietnam Poverty Rate

Vietnam poverty rate for 2022 was 21.50%, a 1.1% increase from 2020.
  • Vietnam poverty rate for 2020 was 20.40%, a 3.8% decline from 2018.
  • Vietnam poverty rate for 2018 was 24.20%, a 5.6% decline from 2016.
  • Vietnam poverty rate for 2016 was 29.80%, a 8.1% decline from 2014.
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.