Income inequality: Atkinson index in Uruguay
Uruguay: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.2514 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Uruguay, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, income inequality: atkinson index in Uruguay stood at 0.2514.
That represents a change of up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Uruguay peaked at 0.2867 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.2326, in 2020.
Uruguay ranks 87th of 174 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.2867 | — |
| 2011 | 0.2598 | -9.4% |
| 2012 | 0.2377 | -8.5% |
| 2013 | 0.2483 | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 0.242 | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 0.2458 | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 0.2394 | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 0.2358 | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 0.2382 | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2375 | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.2326 | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 0.2326 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2514 | +8.1% |
| 2023 | 0.2514 | +0.0% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 0.2514 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.1703, 1.5× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 0.2514 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.3457, 73% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2471 | 0.2358 | 0.2867 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.242 | 0.2326 | 0.2514 | 4 |
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: atkinson index in Uruguay?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Uruguay was 0.2514 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2867 in 2010.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2326 in 2020.
- How does Uruguay rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Uruguay ranks 87th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.