Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Uruguay
Uruguay: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 71.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Uruguay, 2006–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 71.3% for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in 2024.
The figure is down 2.2% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Uruguay peaked at 86.5% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 70.0%, in 2017.
That places Uruguay 84th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 86.5% | — |
| 2007 | 84.4% | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 81.7% | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 79.5% | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 79.2% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 76.0% | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 74.9% | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 74.0% | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 71.1% | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 70.5% | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 71.7% | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 70.0% | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 70.5% | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 71.4% | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 74.9% | +4.9% |
| 2021 | 75.0% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 73.8% | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 73.0% | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 71.3% | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 83.0% | 79.5% | 86.5% | 4 |
| 2010s | 72.9% | 70.0% | 79.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 73.6% | 71.3% | 75.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More poverty & inequality data for Uruguay
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Uruguay?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Uruguay was 71.3% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 86.5% in 2006.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 70.0% in 2017.
- How does Uruguay rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Uruguay ranks 84th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 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 Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.