Nghe An has an average monthly income per capita of more than 3.6 million VND.
(Baonghean.vn) - The above figure was announced by the General Statistics Office at the 2022 Population Living Standards Survey.
Specifically, the average monthly income per capita in Nghe An is 3,629 million VND; of which, income from salaries and wages is 1,758 million VND; income from agriculture, forestry and fishery is 421 thousand VND; income from non-agriculture, forestry and fishery is 861 thousand VND and other sources of income is 589 thousand VND.
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Workers work at a garment company in Thai Hoa town (Nghe An). Illustration photo: Thanh Duy |
According to the General Statistics Office: Average income per person per month in 2022 in our country at current prices reached 4.67 million VND, an increase of 11.1 percentage points compared to 2021.
2022 is the year marking the economic recovery and people's living conditions. After 2 years (2019 and 2020) of consecutive declines in per capita income due to the negative impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the average income per person per month in 2022 will return to an upward trend as in the years before 2019.
Income increased steadily in both urban and rural areas. The average income per person per month in 2022 in urban areas reached nearly 5.95 million VND (up 10.4 percentage points compared to 2021), 1.54 times higher than the average income in rural areas of 3.86 million VND (up 10.8 percentage points compared to 2021).
Among the 63 provinces and cities nationwide, Binh Duong is the locality with the highest average income per capita in 2022, with more than 8 million VND; the lowest is Ha Giang, with more than 2 million VND.
Nghe An with an average income per capita per month in 2022 reaching more than 3.6 million VND, ranked 42nd/63 provinces and cities and ranked 9th/14 provinces in the North Central region and Central Coast.
Average monthly income per capita is divided into 5 groups (from group 1 to group 5), in which group 1 includes the poorest 20% of households and group 5 includes the richest 20% of the population).
According to the General Statistics Office, nationwide, the richest household group (group of the richest 20% of the population - group 5) has an average monthly income per person of 10,237 million VND, 7.6 times higher than the poorest household group (group of the poorest 20% of the population) of 1,352 million VND/person/month.
In Nghe An, the richest household group (group of 20% richest population - group 5) has an average monthly income per person of 7.835 million VND, 7.3 times higher than the poorest household group (group of 20% poorest population), with an average monthly income per person of 1.075 million VND.
The 2022 population living standards survey was conducted in 63 provinces and centrally run cities, including 46,995 households representing the whole country, urban and rural areas, 6 geographical regions, provinces and centrally run cities.