How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Uganda
Uganda: How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? was 59.8% in 2019. ▼ Falling
How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Uganda, 1989–2019
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2019, how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Uganda stood at 59.8%.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Uganda peaked at 80.6% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 56.2%, in 2012.
That places Uganda 7th out of 120 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 10 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 72.8% | 72.8% | 72.8% | 1 |
| 1990s | 79.7% | 78.5% | 80.6% | 3 |
| 2000s | 71.5% | 63.5% | 78.6% | 3 |
| 2010s | 58.7% | 56.2% | 60.1% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More poverty & inequality data for Uganda
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.28 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,920 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 12.5% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.524 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 10.7% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1641 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1641 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1815 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.4361 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Uganda?
- How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Uganda was 59.8% in 2019, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 80.6% in 1999.
- What is the lowest how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.2% in 2012.
- How does Uganda rank for how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty??
- Uganda ranks 7th out of 120 countries with data for 2019.
- Is how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uganda 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 How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty?. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.