Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data in Uganda
Uganda: Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data was 26.26 million people in 2019. ▲ Rising
Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data in Uganda, 1989–2019
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in people.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data in Uganda is 26.26 million people, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 10.7% on the previous year and up 29.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data in Uganda peaked at 26.26 million people in 2019 and was at its lowest, 12.38 million people, in 1989.
That places Uganda 7th out of 120 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 12.38 million people | 12.38 million people | 12.38 million people | 1 |
| 1990s | 16.99 million people | 15.13 million people | 19.08 million people | 3 |
| 2000s | 20.32 million people | 20.23 million people | 20.44 million people | 3 |
| 2010s | 23.18 million people | 19.54 million people | 26.26 million people | 3 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More poverty & inequality data for Uganda
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.28 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,920 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 12.5% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.524 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1641 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1641 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1815 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 10.7% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.4361 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data in Uganda?
- Number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data in Uganda was 26.26 million people in 2019, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 26.26 million people in 2019.
- What is the lowest number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.38 million people in 1989.
- How does Uganda rank for number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data?
- Uganda ranks 7th out of 120 countries with data for 2019.
- Is number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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 Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of people living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.