The percentage of population in Uruguay under the poverty line plummeted between 2020 and 2024, decreasing from **** to a minimum of **** percent. In 2023, the share of the population living under the poverty line stood at **** percent.

In 2023, approximately 0.75 percent of Uruguayans were living on less than 4.20 U.S. dollars per day, down from 3.64 percent of the country's population at the beginning of the decade. Nevertheless, social inequality remains a challenge in Latin America as a whole.

Historical dataset showing Uruguay poverty rate by year from 1981 to 2023.

Actual value and historical data chart for Uruguay Poverty Headcount Ratio At National Poverty Lines Percent Of Population

Uruguay UY: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: % of Population data was reported at 7.900 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 9.400 % for 2016. Uruguay UY: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 13.050 % from Dec 2006 (Median) to 2017, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 32.500 % in 2006 and a record low of 7.900 % in 2017. Uruguay UY: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uruguay – Table UY.World Bank.WDI: Poverty. National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty lines. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.; ; World Bank, Global Poverty Working Group. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.; ; This series only includes estimates that to the best of our knowledge are reasonably comparable over time for a country. Due to differences in estimation methodologies and poverty lines, estimates should not be compared across countries.

The incidence of homelessness and poverty in households registered a decrease between 2020 and 2024. In 2027, it was estimated that 11.4 percent of households were living below the poverty line in Uruguay, the lowest share of the analyzed period. In 2024, the value was 13.4 percent, which was a decrease of 1.7 percent points compared to the previous year.

This statistic shows the poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines in Uruguay from 2009 to 2019. In 2019, the poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines in Uruguay amounted to 8.8 percent.

The percentage of Afro-descendants living in a situation of poverty in Uruguay experienced a steep decline between 2010 to 2019. In 2018, it was estimated that **** percent of Afro-descendant people in Uruguay were living below the poverty line, up from **** percent the previous year. Poverty in the Latin American country is more extended among the Afro-descendant population, as the general poverty rate in Uruguay stood at *** percent in 2019, more than ten percent lower.

Poverty ratio at $5.5 a day of Uruguay leapt by 6.67% from 3.0 % in 2018 to 3.2 % in 2019. Since the 21.62% drop in 2017, poverty ratio at $5.5 a day jumped by 10.34% in 2019. Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

In 2024, 6.6 percent of the indigenous population in Uruguay was living impoverished. Overall, indigenous Uruguayans benefited from a tendency of poverty reduction until 2019. Furthermore, the share of afro-descendants living under the poverty line in this South American country was almost double that of the indigenous population, a rarity in Latin America.

Uruguay UY: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: Urban: % of Urban Population data was reported at 10.100 % in 2014. This records a decrease from the previous number of 12.000 % for 2013. Uruguay UY: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: Urban: % of Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 24.400 % from Dec 2002 (Median) to 2014, with 13 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 39.900 % in 2004 and a record low of 10.100 % in 2014. Uruguay UY: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: Urban: % of Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uruguay – Table UY.World Bank.WDI: Poverty. Urban poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the urban population living below the national poverty lines.; ; World Bank, Global Poverty Working Group. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.; ; This series only includes estimates that to the best of our knowledge are reasonably comparable over time for a country. Due to differences in estimation methodologies and poverty lines, estimates should not be compared across countries.

Urban poverty rate of Uruguay plummeted by 15.83% from 12.0 % in 2013 to 10.1 % in 2014. Since the 1.27% climb in 2004, urban poverty rate sank by 74.69% in 2014. Urban poverty rate is the percentage of the urban population living below the national urban poverty line.

Uruguay UY: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: Rural: % of Rural Population data was reported at 3.000 % in 2014. This stayed constant from the previous number of 3.000 % for 2013. Uruguay UY: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: Rural: % of Rural Population data is updated yearly, averaging 6.100 % from Dec 2006 (Median) to 2014, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 20.700 % in 2006 and a record low of 3.000 % in 2014. Uruguay UY: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: Rural: % of Rural Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uruguay – Table UY.World Bank.WDI: Poverty. Rural poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the rural population living below the national poverty lines.; ; World Bank, Global Poverty Working Group. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.; ; This series only includes estimates that to the best of our knowledge are reasonably comparable over time for a country. Due to differences in estimation methodologies and poverty lines, estimates should not be compared across countries.

In 2020, it was estimated that *** percent of the Uruguayan population were living below the indigence line,up from *** percent on the previous year. Between 2007 and 2018, the percentage of population below the indigence line in Uruguay showed a downward trend.

Uruguay UY: Income Share Held by Third 20% data was reported at 15.400 % in 2016. This stayed constant from the previous number of 15.400 % for 2015. Uruguay UY: Income Share Held by Third 20% data is updated yearly, averaging 14.700 % from Dec 1981 (Median) to 2016, with 13 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 15.400 % in 2016 and a record low of 13.400 % in 2007. Uruguay UY: Income Share Held by Third 20% data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uruguay – Table UY.World Bank.WDI: Poverty. Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles. Percentage shares by quintile may not sum to 100 because of rounding.; ; World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).; ; The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than one thousand six hundred household surveys across 164 countries in six regions and 25 other high income countries (industrialized economies). While income distribution data are published for all countries with data available, poverty data are published for low- and middle-income countries and countries eligible to receive loans from the World Bank (such as Chile) and recently graduated countries (such as Estonia) only. See PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/WhatIsNew.aspx) for definitions of geographical regions and industrialized countries.

Uruguay UY: Income Share Held by Highest 10% data was reported at 29.700 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 29.900 % for 2015. Uruguay UY: Income Share Held by Highest 10% data is updated yearly, averaging 32.200 % from Dec 1981 (Median) to 2016, with 13 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 35.500 % in 2007 and a record low of 29.300 % in 2012. Uruguay UY: Income Share Held by Highest 10% data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uruguay – Table UY.World Bank.WDI: Poverty. Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles.; ; World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).; ; The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than one thousand six hundred household surveys across 164 countries in six regions and 25 other high income countries (industrialized economies). While income distribution data are published for all countries with data available, poverty data are published for low- and middle-income countries and countries eligible to receive loans from the World Bank (such as Chile) and recently graduated countries (such as Estonia) only. See PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/WhatIsNew.aspx) for definitions of geographical regions and industrialized countries.

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From 2010 to 2020, Afro-Uruguayan children had a higher annual incidence of child poverty than the rest of the population. In 2020, approximately ** percent of Afro-Uruguayan children lived in poverty.

Uruguay UY: Income Share Held by Second 20% data was reported at 10.500 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 10.400 % for 2015. Uruguay UY: Income Share Held by Second 20% data is updated yearly, averaging 9.800 % from Dec 1981 (Median) to 2016, with 13 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 10.500 % in 2016 and a record low of 8.700 % in 2007. Uruguay UY: Income Share Held by Second 20% data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uruguay – Table UY.World Bank.WDI: Poverty. Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles. Percentage shares by quintile may not sum to 100 because of rounding.; ; World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).; ; The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than one thousand six hundred household surveys across 164 countries in six regions and 25 other high income countries (industrialized economies). While income distribution data are published for all countries with data available, poverty data are published for low- and middle-income countries and countries eligible to receive loans from the World Bank (such as Chile) and recently graduated countries (such as Estonia) only. See PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/WhatIsNew.aspx) for definitions of geographical regions and industrialized countries.

Uruguay: Poverty ratio, percent living on less than 1.90 USD a day: Pour cet indicateur, La Banque mondiale fournit des données pour la Uruguay de 1981 à 2022. La valeur moyenne pour Uruguay pendant cette période était de 0.38 pour cent avec un minimum de 0 pour cent en 1981 et un maximum de 1 pour cent en 2004.