Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures was 0.2% in 2020. ◆ Volatile
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 0.2%, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 41.7% on the previous year and down 83.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Viet Nam peaked at 3.1% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2020.
That places Viet Nam 19th out of 39 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Viet Nam, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 3.1% | — |
| 1997 | 3.0% | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 2.7% | -10.0% |
| 2004 | 2.9% | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 2.5% | -12.2% |
| 2008 | 2.4% | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 1.2% | -48.3% |
| 2012 | 1.1% | -13.7% |
| 2014 | 0.6% | -44.9% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | -42.4% |
| 2018 | 0.4% | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | -41.7% |
Viet Nam compared with similar countries
- Viet Nam's 0.2% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2%, 1.1× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.1% | 3.0% | 3.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 2.6% | 2.4% | 2.9% | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.3% | 1.2% | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 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 0.2% 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 3.1% in 1992.
- What is the lowest increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2020.
- How does Viet Nam rank for increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures?
- Viet Nam ranks 19th out of 39 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 83.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 the $3.20 a-day poverty line (%, national, rural, urban). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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