Income share held by third 20% in Uruguay
Uruguay: Income share held by third 20% was 15.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Income share held by third 20% in Uruguay, 1981–2024
Source: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 15.3% for income share held by third 20% in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income share held by third 20% in Uruguay peaked at 15.4% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 13.4%, in 2007.
Uruguay ranks 85th of 121 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 14.8% | 14.6% | 14.9% | 2 |
| 1990s | 15.1% | 14.9% | 15.2% | 5 |
| 2000s | 13.8% | 13.4% | 14.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.2% | 14.0% | 15.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.2% | 15.1% | 15.3% | 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)
- 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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 25.9% (2021)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.218 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 18.5% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1027 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1027 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1186 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2514 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income share held by third 20% in Uruguay?
- Income share held by third 20% in Uruguay was 15.3% in 2024, according to World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ.
- What is the highest income share held by third 20% recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 15.4% in 2012.
- What is the lowest income share held by third 20% recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.4% in 2007.
- How does Uruguay rank for income share held by third 20%?
- Uruguay ranks 85th out of 121 countries with data for 2024.
- Is income share held by third 20% rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ, published as part of Income share held by third 20%. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.