Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Uruguay
Uruguay: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 56.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 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
In 2024, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Uruguay stood at 56.2%.
That represents a change of down 4.3% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Uruguay peaked at 78.4% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 54.3%, in 2017.
Uruguay ranks 82nd of 120 countries on this measure, 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 $30 a day in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 78.4% | — |
| 2007 | 75.4% | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 71.4% | -5.4% |
| 2009 | 68.3% | -4.4% |
| 2010 | 67.7% | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 62.9% | -7.2% |
| 2012 | 60.8% | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 59.4% | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 56.3% | -5.3% |
| 2015 | 55.1% | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 56.2% | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 54.3% | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 55.5% | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 56.2% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 60.5% | +7.6% |
| 2021 | 60.3% | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 58.8% | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 58.7% | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 56.2% | -4.3% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 56.2% is above the median for high income countries, which is 19.3%, 2.9× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 56.2% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 84.3%, 67% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 73.4% | 68.3% | 78.4% | 4 |
| 2010s | 58.4% | 54.3% | 67.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 58.9% | 56.2% | 60.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More poverty & inequality data for Uruguay
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $30 a day in Uruguay?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Uruguay was 56.2% 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 $30 a day recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 78.4% in 2006.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.3% in 2017.
- How does Uruguay rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Uruguay ranks 82nd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. 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 $30 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 $30 per day.