Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Uruguay
Uruguay: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 73.3% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Uruguay, 2006–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Uruguay stood at 73.3%.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Uruguay peaked at 86.2% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 69.4%, in 2017.
That places Uruguay 81st out of 119 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 86.2% | — |
| 2007 | 84.1% | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 81.3% | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 79.1% | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 78.7% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 75.5% | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 74.4% | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 73.4% | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 70.6% | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 69.9% | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 71.0% | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 69.4% | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 69.9% | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 70.7% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 74.4% | +5.2% |
| 2021 | 74.5% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 73.3% | -1.7% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 73.3% is above the median for high income countries, which is 27.5%, 2.7× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 73.3% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 92.0%, 80% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 82.7% | 79.1% | 86.2% | 4 |
| 2010s | 72.3% | 69.4% | 78.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.1% | 73.3% | 74.5% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More poverty & inequality data for Uruguay
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $30 a day (2011 prices) in Uruguay?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Uruguay was 73.3% in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 86.2% in 2006.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.4% in 2017.
- How does Uruguay rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Uruguay ranks 81st out of 119 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. 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 (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.