Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan: Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median was 8.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Uzbekistan, 2021–2025
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Uzbekistan stood at 8.0%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.6% on the previous year and up 3.4% over five years.
That places Uzbekistan 40th out of 120 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Uzbekistan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7.7% | — |
| 2022 | 8.5% | +10.3% |
| 2023 | 9.8% | +15.7% |
| 2024 | 9.1% | -7.3% |
| 2025 | 8.0% | -12.6% |
Countries ranked near Uzbekistan
More poverty & inequality data for Uzbekistan
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 5 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 3.5 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,344 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 6.71 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 18.83 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 18.8% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Uzbekistan?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Uzbekistan was 8.0% in 2025, 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 Uzbekistan?
- The highest recorded value was 9.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Uzbekistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.7% in 2021.
- How does Uzbekistan rank for relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median?
- Uzbekistan ranks 40th out of 120 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Uzbekistan 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.