Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures was 0.9% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Latest (2020)
0.9%
Change on year
down 12.7%
World rank
11th
of 40 countries
All-time high
1.1%
in 1992
All-time low
0.8%
in 2016
Years of data
12
1992–2020
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Viet Nam, 1992–2020
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Viet Nam is 0.9%, measured in 2020.
That represents a change of down 12.7% on the previous year and down 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Viet Nam peaked at 1.1% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2016.
Viet Nam ranks 11th of 40 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Viet Nam, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1.1% | — |
| 1997 | 0.9% | -23.9% |
| 2002 | 0.9% | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 1.1% | +25.0% |
| 2006 | 1.1% | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 1.1% | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 1.0% | -11.8% |
| 2012 | 1.0% | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 1.0% | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 0.8% | -18.8% |
| 2018 | 1.0% | +24.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | -12.7% |
Viet Nam compared with similar countries
- Viet Nam's 0.9% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6%, 1.6× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 4 |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Viet Nam
More health data for Viet Nam
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.66 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.0536 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,306 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 3,132 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 27 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -2.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0322 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -2.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Viet Nam?
- Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Viet Nam was 0.9% in 2020, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures recorded in Viet Nam?
- The highest recorded value was 1.1% in 1992.
- What is the lowest increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2016.
- How does Viet Nam rank for increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures?
- Viet Nam ranks 11th out of 40 countries with data for 2020.
- Is increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures rising or falling in Viet Nam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Viet Nam data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of a relative poverty line - 60% of median daily per capita consumption or income (%, national, rural, urban). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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