Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -extreme poor in Viet Nam

Viet Nam: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -extreme poor was 94.6% in 2020. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2020)
94.6%
Change on year
up 97.5%
World rank
8th
of 26 countries
All-time high
94.6%
in 2020
All-time low
2.4%
in 2006
Years of data
6
2006–2020

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -extreme poor in Viet Nam, 2006–2020

0204060801002006201320202006: 2.4 <$2.15 a day2010: 38.1 <$2.15 a day2012: 22.5 <$2.15 a day2014: 30.1 <$2.15 a day2018: 47.9 <$2.15 a day2020: 94.6 <$2.15 a day

Source: ASPIRE. Measured in <$2.15 a day.

Analysis

The most recent figure for poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -extreme poor in Viet Nam is 94.6%, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 97.5% on the previous year and up 148.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -extreme poor in Viet Nam peaked at 94.6% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.4%, in 2006.

Viet Nam ranks 8th of 26 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -extreme poor in Viet Nam, year by year

Annual values for Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) in Viet Nam, 2006 to 2020.
Year <$2.15 a day Change
2006 2.4%
2010 38.1% +1513.9%
2012 22.5% -41.0%
2014 30.1% +33.7%
2018 47.9% +59.5%
2020 94.6% +97.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 2.4% 2.4% 2.4% 1
2010s 34.6% 22.5% 47.9% 4
2020s 94.6% 94.6% 94.6% 1

Countries ranked near Viet Nam

  1. 5 Republic of Moldova 99.3% compare
  2. 6 Ukraine 98.2% compare
  3. 7 Serbia 95.3% compare
  4. 9 Armenia 94.3% compare
  5. 10 Kazakhstan 93.7% compare
  6. 11 Argentina 80.5% compare

See the full ranking of 26 places →

More work & labour data for Viet Nam

All data for Viet Nam →

Frequently asked questions

What is poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -extreme poor in Viet Nam?
Poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -extreme poor in Viet Nam was 94.6% in 2020, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -extreme poor recorded in Viet Nam?
The highest recorded value was 94.6% in 2020.
What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -extreme poor recorded in Viet Nam?
The lowest recorded value was 2.4% in 2006.
How does Viet Nam rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -extreme poor?
Viet Nam ranks 8th out of 26 countries with data for 2020.
Is poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -extreme poor rising or falling in Viet Nam?
Over the last ten years it is up 148.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Viet Nam data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 6 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -extreme poor in Viet Nam. Statizoid, drawing on ASPIRE. Retrieved 05 September 2026, from https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/poverty-gap-reduction-percent-unconditional-cash-transfers-extreme-poor-2-15-a-day/viet-nam/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/poverty-gap-reduction-percent-unconditional-cash-transfers-extreme-poor-2-15-a-day/viet-nam/">Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -extreme poor in Viet Nam</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day)
Unit
<$2.15 a day
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
26 places, 222 data points, 2004–2022
Last refreshed

Poverty gap reduction due to Cash Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap