Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Uruguay
Uruguay: Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median was 10.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Uruguay, 2006–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Uruguay is 10.9%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 4.9% on the previous year and down 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Uruguay peaked at 12.8% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 10.2%, in 2017.
Uruguay ranks 21st of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 11.8% | — |
| 2007 | 12.2% | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 11.7% | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 12.8% | +9.2% |
| 2010 | 11.7% | -8.7% |
| 2011 | 11.3% | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 11.2% | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 11.6% | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 11.5% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 11.6% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 10.9% | -5.7% |
| 2017 | 10.2% | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 10.2% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 10.5% | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 11.2% | +6.4% |
| 2021 | 10.3% | -8.0% |
| 2022 | 10.9% | +5.4% |
| 2023 | 11.5% | +5.3% |
| 2024 | 10.9% | -4.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.1% | 11.7% | 12.8% | 4 |
| 2010s | 11.1% | 10.2% | 11.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.0% | 10.3% | 11.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 18 Peru 11.1% compare
- 19 Montenegro 11.0% compare
- 20 Jamaica 11.0% compare
- 22 El Salvador 10.6% compare
- 23 Mozambique 10.4% compare
- 24 Paraguay 10.4% compare
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 relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Uruguay?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Uruguay was 10.9% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 12.8% in 2009.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.2% in 2017.
- How does Uruguay rank for relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median?
- Uruguay ranks 21st out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.5%. 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 Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median. 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% of the median.