Poverty & Inequality in Vietnam 21 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Vietnam. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 21.5% 2022 down 50.2% 55th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 4.2% 2022 down 57.6% 58th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 1.6% 2022 down 56.8% 57th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.4% 2022 down 42.9% 63rd Prosperity gap 2.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2022 down 29.7% 57th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 6.5% 2022 down 54.2% 56th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 19.7% 2022 down 16.5% 65th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 1.1% 2022 down 52.2% 58th Population living in slums 32.5% 2022 up 107.6% 70th Income share held by second 20% 11.8% 2022 up 1.7% 70th Gini index 36.1 2022 up 1.4% 47th Income share held by lowest 20% 6.8% 2022 down 4.2% 79th Income share held by lowest 10% 2.6% 2022 down 7.1% 75th Income share held by highest 10% 28.1% 2022 up 1.4% 51st Income share held by highest 20% 43.2% 2022 up 0.5% 51st Income share held by fourth 20% 22.0% 2022 down 0.9% 70th Income share held by third 20% 16.1% 2022 unchanged 65th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 13.4% 2022 up 4.7% 40th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 1.6% 2022 down 56.9% 58th Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines 4.2% 2022 down 75.6% 67th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) 1.9% 2022 down 64.2% 23rd