Viet Nam: Proportion of population facing impoverishing out-of-pocket health expenditure, based on the societal poverty line (%)

Key figures

Since 1992 it is down 46.86 percentage points from 66.33% in 1992. The World Bank has no value for 17 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

How it compares

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Viet Nam in the 2020 ranking

• Armenia — 2nd of 3: 11.04%
• Belarus — 3rd of 3: 7.81%

What this measures

Proportion of population spending more than 100% of household discretionary budget on out-of-pocket health expenditure (%). This includes people living in poverty that are further impoverished due to out-of-pocket health expenditure as well as people who are pushed into poverty by out-of-pocket health expenditure. The discretionary budget is defined as the total household budget, measured by consumption expenditure or income, minus the societal poverty line (SPL ). Using 2017 purchasing power parities (PPPs), the SPL corresponds to whichever is greater: $2.15 (the international poverty line) or $1.15 + 50% of median household consumption expenditure or income, excluding out-of-pocket household expenditure on health. Out-of-pocket health expenditure is defined as any spending incurred by a household when any member uses a health good or service to receive any type of care (preventive, curative, rehabilitative, long-term or palliative care); provided by any type of provider; for any type of disease, illness or health condition; in any type of setting (outpatient, inpatient, at home).

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 12 values

Proportion of population facing impoverishing out-of-pocket health expenditure, based on the societal poverty line (%) in nearby economies

• Indonesia — 25.24% (2023)
• Mongolia — 21.85% (2023)
• Philippines — 28.57% (2023)

More health data for Viet Nam

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 6.32% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 7.28% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 11.22 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 21.63% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 12.01 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 24.13% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 23.22 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 22.86% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 7.11% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Viet Nam's proportion of population facing impoverishing out-of-pocket health expenditure, based on the societal poverty line (%)?

19.47% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1992?

It is down 46.86 percentage points from 66.33% in 1992. The highest value was 66.33% in 1992 and the lowest 19.47% in 2020.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Universal Health Coverage Dataset, World Health Organization (WHO); World Bank (WB), note: Universal Health Coverage Dataset.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH_UHC_FH40_IMPOV, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Universal Health Coverage Dataset, World Health Organization (WHO); World Bank (WB), note: Universal Health Coverage Dataset Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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