Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Uruguay
Uruguay: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.4979 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Uruguay, 2001–2022
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 0.4979 for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in 2022.
That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Uruguay peaked at 0.6109 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.4631, in 2019.
That places Uruguay 62nd out of 109 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.5932 | — |
| 2002 | 0.5905 | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.6109 | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 0.6039 | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 0.5865 | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 0.5758 | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 0.5362 | -6.9% |
| 2010 | 0.5198 | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 0.5006 | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 0.471 | -5.9% |
| 2013 | 0.4786 | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.4802 | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.4851 | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.4743 | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 0.4691 | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.4687 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.4631 | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.4987 | +7.7% |
| 2021 | 0.5084 | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 0.4979 | -2.1% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 0.4979 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.3617, 1.4× the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 0.4979 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5933, 84% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5853 | 0.5362 | 0.6109 | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.4811 | 0.4631 | 0.5198 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5017 | 0.4979 | 0.5084 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More poverty & inequality data for Uruguay
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.41 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,058 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 10.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 25.88 (2021)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 25.9% (2021)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Uruguay?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Uruguay was 0.4979 in 2022, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6109 in 2003.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4631 in 2019.
- How does Uruguay rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Uruguay ranks 62nd out of 109 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Inequality is measured here in terms of income after taxes and benefits.