Changes in HCR and number of poor after deducting tobacco-related expenditures in Vietnam
| Official estimates | Accounting for tobacco purchases | Accounting for tobacco-related medical expenses | Combined effect of tobacco purchases and tobacco-related medical expenses | |
| Total population | 96 895 332 | |||
| HCR—population BPL (%) | 8.35 | 8.65 | 8.38 | 8.67 |
| Population BPL | 8 091 801 | 8 378 896 | 8 122 057 | 8 396 891 |
| Of which: children | 3 457 064 | 3 567 651 | 3 460 434 | 3 574 849 |
| Proportion of children (%) | 42.72 | 42.58 | 42.60 | 42.57 |
| Poverty gap (%) | 2.20 | 2.27 | 2.21 | 2.28 |
| Impoverishing effect (%) | 0.30 | 0.03 | 0.31 | |
| Impoverishing effect (number of people) | 287 095 | 30 256 | 305 090 | |
| Of which: children | 110 587 | 3370 | 117 785 | |
| Proportion of children (%) | 38.52 | 11.14 | 38.60 | |
| Changes in poverty gap (%) | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.08 |
Source: Authors’ calculation using VHLSS 2018, GSO-WB and Liu et al.19
BPL, Below Poverty Line; GSO-WB, General Statistics Office of Vietnam and the World Bank; HCR, head count ratio; VHLSS, Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey.