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DNO - Vietnam has emerged as a bright spot, ranking among the Asian countries making the fastest progress in reducing poverty across multiple dimensions.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released its 2026 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) on October 12, highlighting Vietnam’s progress.
The report found that several countries have made significant strides in tackling multidimensional poverty. Among 89 countries with available MPI trend data, 33 have halved their MPI value in fewer than 15 years, including six countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Vietnam was among the Asian countries identified as making the fastest progress in reducing multidimensional poverty, demonstrating that sustained improvements in people’s living conditions can deliver substantial results.
According to UNDP, Vietnam halved its MPI value within seven years. Vietnam’s progress in the global MPI assessment reflects broader national efforts to improve living standards and expand access to essential services.
Preliminary Vietnamese Government figures for 2025 show that the country’s multidimensional poverty rate fell to approximately 1.3 per cent of households, down one percentage point from 2024.
The rate has declined steadily from 4.4 per cent in 2021, underscoring Vietnam’s continued progress in poverty reduction during the 2021 - 2025 period.
Vietnam aims to reduce its multidimensional poverty rate by 1 - 1.5 percentage points in 2026, reinforcing its commitment to inclusive growth, stronger social protection and lasting improvements in living standards.
Unlike income-based poverty measures, the MPI assesses deprivation across several aspects of daily life. These include nutrition, child mortality, years of schooling, school attendance, cooking fuel, sanitation, drinking water, electricity, housing and household assets.
This broader approach provides a more comprehensive picture of poverty by examining the disadvantages people face in accessing essential services and meeting basic needs.
The report found that most people living in multidimensional poverty are concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Vietnam’s progress, alongside that of other countries, highlights the importance of addressing multiple dimensions of poverty simultaneously.
Improving access to essential services, education, adequate housing and basic living conditions is critical to achieving sustainable poverty reduction.
The findings underscore that progress against poverty depends not only on raising incomes but also on ensuring that people can access the services and resources needed to improve their quality of life.
The 2026 MPI report, released by the UNDP, provides an updated statistical assessment of multidimensional poverty across 108 countries. Of the 6.3 billion people living in these countries, 1.2 billion, or 18.9 per cent, are experiencing acute multidimensional poverty.
The report also marks a significant shift in the global trend, with the number of people living in multidimensional poverty rising for the first time since the index was launched in 2010.
This year’s update of the global MPI database includes new surveys from 13 countries. The report also provides subnational estimates covering 1,36 regions across 100 countries.
More than half of all multidimensionally poor people are children and that more than 8 in 10 multidimensionally poor people live in rural areas.