Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan: Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median was 12.3% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% 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
Uzbekistan recorded 12.3% for relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is down 13.8% on the previous year and down 7.6% over five years.
Uzbekistan ranks 49th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median in Uzbekistan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13.3% | — |
| 2022 | 13.4% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 14.4% | +7.6% |
| 2024 | 14.3% | -0.7% |
| 2025 | 12.3% | -13.8% |
Countries ranked near Uzbekistan
- 46 Republic of Korea 12.6%
- 47 Iran, Islamic Republic of 12.6%
- 48 Germany 12.5%
- 50 Georgia 12.3%
- 51 Latvia 12.3%
- 52 Croatia 12.1%
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 50% of the median in Uzbekistan?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Uzbekistan was 12.3% 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 50% of the median recorded in Uzbekistan?
- The highest recorded value was 14.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median recorded in Uzbekistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.3% in 2025.
- How does Uzbekistan rank for relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median?
- Uzbekistan ranks 49th 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 50% 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 50% of the median.