Vietnam - Poverty gap

Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (%)

Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Vietnam was 0.30 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 26 years was 16.30 in 1992, while its lowest value was 0.30 in 2018.

Definition: Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $1.90 a day (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1992 16.30
1997 7.60
2002 9.70
2004 6.60
2006 4.70
2008 3.40
2010 0.80
2012 0.50
2014 0.50
2016 0.40
2018 0.30

Poverty gap at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (%)

The value for Poverty gap at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Vietnam was 1.80 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 37.60 in 1992 and a minimum value of 1.80 in 2018.

Definition: Poverty gap at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $3.20 a day (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1992 37.60
1997 26.00
2002 28.70
2004 21.80
2006 17.20
2008 14.20
2010 4.60
2012 3.20
2014 2.90
2016 2.10
2018 1.80

Poverty gap at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (%)

The value for Poverty gap at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Vietnam was 6.90 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 58.90 in 1992 and a minimum value of 6.90 in 2018.

Definition: Poverty gap at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $5.50 a day (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1992 58.90
1997 49.00
2002 50.80
2004 43.70
2006 38.20
2008 35.10
2010 16.10
2012 13.10
2014 11.10
2016 8.40
2018 6.90

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates