Poverty & Inequality in Vietnam 95 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Vietnam. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 4 surveys 2025 down 20.0% 66th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 26.9% 121st Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 62.8% 117th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.91 live births per woman 2023 down 3.4% 121st Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,995 kg per hectare 2023 up 10.5% 28th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 45.6% 130th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 1.55 % change on previous year 2023 up 331.7% 71st Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Gender Inequality Index 0.299 2023 down 12.3% 93rd Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 12.8% 2023 down 23.1% 152nd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1063 2023 down 2.8% 105th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1063 2023 down 2.8% 105th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1476 2023 down 4.2% 74th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 1.6% 2022 down 56.8% 59th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.4% 2022 down 42.9% 65th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 4.2% 2022 down 57.6% 60th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 21.5% 2022 down 50.2% 57th Prosperity gap 2.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2022 down 29.7% 59th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2105 2023 up 0.5% 109th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 1.1% 2022 down 52.2% 60th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 19.7% 2022 down 16.5% 67th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 6.5% 2022 down 54.2% 58th Population living in slums 32.5% 2022 up 107.6% 70th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.641 2023 up 10.3% 75th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.641 2023 up 10.3% 75th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.641 2023 up 10.3% 75th Proportion of population below international poverty line 1.6% 2022 down 56.8% 61st Three metrics of inequality 56.16 2018 down 1.9% 50th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.5616 2018 down 1.9% 50th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 77.3 2023 up 78.5% 113th Income share held by second 20% 11.8% 2022 up 1.7% 70th Income share held by third 20% 16.1% 2022 unchanged 67th Income share held by fourth 20% 22.0% 2022 down 0.9% 72nd Income share held by highest 20% 43.2% 2022 up 0.5% 51st Income share held by highest 10% 28.1% 2022 up 1.4% 51st Income share held by lowest 10% 2.6% 2022 down 7.1% 75th Income share held by lowest 20% 6.8% 2022 down 4.2% 79th Gini index 36.1 2022 up 1.4% 49th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 13.4% 2022 up 4.7% 42nd Total shortfall from extreme poverty 436.73 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2022 down 33.2% 39th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.4% 2022 down 40.1% 66th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0119 2024 down 78.9% 126th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.5358 2018 up 0.1% 45th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.5358 2018 up 0.1% 45th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.0% 2024 down 83.3% 117th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 6,422 2017 up 76.5% 108th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 43.8% 2018 down 2.7% 56th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 15.7% 2018 down 4.3% 47th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 1.6% 2022 down 56.9% 58th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.3609 2022 up 1.3% 45th Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 1.60 million people 2022 down 52.0% 37th Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 1.6% 2022 down 56.9% 58th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 1.6% 2022 down 56.9% 58th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 1.6% 2022 down 56.9% 58th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 68.66 million people 2022 up 70.7% 11th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 1.6% 2022 down 56.9% 58th Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 1.6% 2022 down 56.9% 58th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 4.24 million people 2022 up 202.8% 33rd Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day 90.8% 2022 down 5.7% 55th Share of population living in extreme poverty 1.6% 2022 down 56.9% 58th Page 1 of 2 Next →