Vietnam - Poverty headcount ratio

Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) 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 52.30 in 1992 and a minimum value of 1.80 in 2016.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 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.

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 52.30
1997 31.40
2002 37.00
2004 25.80
2006 18.80
2008 14.10
2010 4.00
2012 2.70
2014 2.60
2016 1.80
2018 1.80

Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Vietnam was 6.60 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 79.70 in 1992 and a minimum value of 6.60 in 2018.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.20 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.

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 79.70
1997 68.70
2002 70.10
2004 59.30
2006 50.60
2008 45.90
2010 16.80
2012 13.00
2014 11.00
2016 7.80
2018 6.60

Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population)

Definition: National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty lines. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.

Source: World Bank, Global Poverty Working Group. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.

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Year Value
2010 20.70
2012 17.20
2014 13.50
2016 9.80
2018 6.70

Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Vietnam was 22.40 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 94.30 in 1992 and a minimum value of 22.40 in 2018.

Definition: 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.

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 94.30
1997 89.00
2002 89.00
2004 84.20
2006 79.90
2008 77.80
2010 46.80
2012 40.80
2014 35.00
2016 27.20
2018 22.40

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates