Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Uruguay
Uruguay: Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median was 24.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% 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
Uruguay recorded 24.0% for relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.5% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Uruguay peaked at 26.6% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 24.0%, in 2017.
That places Uruguay 20th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 60% of the median in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 26.6% | — |
| 2007 | 26.6% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 26.1% | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 26.5% | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 26.1% | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 25.2% | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 24.6% | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 24.9% | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 24.6% | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 25.0% | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 24.3% | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 24.0% | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 24.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 24.5% | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 25.1% | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 24.5% | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 24.8% | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 24.6% | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 24.0% | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 26.5% | 26.1% | 26.6% | 4 |
| 2010s | 24.7% | 24.0% | 26.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.6% | 24.0% | 25.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 17 North Macedonia 24.4% compare
- 18 Jamaica 24.2% compare
- 19 Malaysia 24.1% compare
- 21 Peru 24.0% compare
- 22 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 23.9% compare
- 23 Mozambique 23.7% 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 60% of the median in Uruguay?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Uruguay was 24.0% 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 60% of the median recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 26.6% in 2006.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.0% in 2017.
- How does Uruguay rank for relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median?
- Uruguay ranks 20th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. 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 60% 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 60% of the median.