Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Uruguay
Uruguay: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.3998 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Uruguay, 2006–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Uruguay is 0.3998, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Uruguay peaked at 0.464 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.3946, in 2017.
Uruguay ranks 25th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.4594 | — |
| 2007 | 0.464 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.4508 | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 0.4554 | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.4447 | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.4218 | -5.2% |
| 2012 | 0.399 | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 0.4045 | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 0.4011 | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.4013 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.397 | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.3946 | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.3969 | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.3968 | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.4016 | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 0.4078 | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 0.4055 | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.4087 | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 0.3998 | -2.2% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 0.3998 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.3209, 1.2× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 0.3998 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.4447, 90% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4574 | 0.4508 | 0.464 | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.4058 | 0.3946 | 0.4447 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4047 | 0.3998 | 0.4087 | 5 |
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 vs. gdp per capita in Uruguay?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Uruguay was 0.3998 in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.464 in 2007.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3946 in 2017.
- How does Uruguay rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Uruguay ranks 25th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. 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.